Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWait, THESE are the words of the year??
Kathy and Ross take major issue with various choices for words of the year for 2022. What makes for a good word of the year? Can anyone please our ex…
3 years, 2 months ago
Will We Ever Learn?
While recording the audio versions of their books, Kathy and Ross discover there are words they've written about that they STILL say wrong, even afte…
3 years, 2 months ago
Come Sit With Us a Spell
After we puzzle over some words Kathy and Ross recently found in the news, we'll tackle a list of the English language's most misspelled words. Two b…
3 years, 3 months ago
Get My Agentive Suffix On the Phone!
Turns out agentive suffixes are popular! We tackle a number of listener questions we got after our first episode on the topic, and Kathy gets VERY ex…
3 years, 3 months ago
Happy Spooky Season
It's the spoooookiest episode we've ever had, as we dive into the roots of the scary words we hear each Halloween. Vampires! Werewolves! Witches and …
3 years, 4 months ago
Secret Agentive Suffix Man! - YSIW
A listener asks why some words end in -er, while other similar words end in -or, like "seller" vs. "vendor," or "supervisor" vs. "manager." My friend…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mangrove Peat Accretion | YSIW
WARNING: There is some very heated sibling rivalry in this episode, about some things we never would have expected (that title is a hint).
3 years, 5 months ago
SAT Prep
OK, kids! The SATs are coming up, and we've got your perfect study guide right here! We look at some words that tend to trip people up, or maybe that…
3 years, 5 months ago
Separated by a Common Language, Part 2
Our discussion of spelling differences between American English and British English continues.
3 years, 6 months ago
Separated by a Common Language
On one side, you have people spelling it "realise," on the other, it's "realize." And the poor Canadians are caught right in the middle.
3 years, 6 months ago