Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHyperforeignisms and other times we just get too excited
We look at what happens when we approach non-English words with a little too much gusto, and how exactly we should be saying foreign words so that we…
2 years, 1 month ago
Doublespeak!
We look at unconscious ways we follow the rules of English by doubling sounds and words, and how meanings of words can change when we say them twice.…
2 years, 1 month ago
Big News!
You’re Saying It Wrong is now more than just a podcast!
2 years, 1 month ago
The Words of 2023
This week we rizz you up (did we say that right?) by looking at what dictionaries picked as the words of the year for 2023!
2 years, 2 months ago
Deck the Halls!
We look at the origins of some holiday-related words, including a reindeer controversy and a little bird that's surprisingly rude.
2 years, 2 months ago
Stop being so non-positive!
This week, we look at the official (?) rules of negativity in English.
2 years, 3 months ago
Escher sentences (and other nice ways of saying nothing)
Today we look at phrases that seem at first glance to mean something, but are actually complete nonsense.
2 years, 3 months ago
Garden paths, crash blossoms, and other terrible ways of saying things
Sometimes what we say or write can be grammatically correct but still make no sense whatsoever. Come along with us down this winding road...
2 years, 4 months ago
Autumn Mailbag!
Now that we're out of summer, it's finally cooled down enough for us to go outside to check the mailbox! We tackle some listener questions and pet pe…
2 years, 4 months ago
The dictionary's newest words (part 2)
We continue on with our look at the newest words that have been added to dictionaries, and Kathy offers an enormous mea culpa.
2 years, 4 months ago