Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMedial Cluster Reduction! | YSIW
Medial cluster what now?? Come on, you know you want to hear this. It's something you're doing basically all the time...
4 years, 3 months ago
Weird Origins of Everyday Phrases | YSIW
We won't turn a blind eye if you get caught red-handed trying to steal our thunder, because today we're digging into the sometimes surprising, usuall…
4 years, 3 months ago
Apostrophes? Who Needs 'Em?! | YSIW
After our discussion of plurals in the last episode, we got to thinking about all the trouble apostrophes cause us, and Ross proposes a rather extrem…
4 years, 4 months ago
Fun with plurals! | YSIW
All sorts of fun with plurals today: what we get wrong when we try to use Latin plurals, the rules of English plurals, pluralizing compound words... …
4 years, 4 months ago
You're (Still) Spelling It Wrong
We continue with our look at the most commonly misspelled words in the English language, as we dig into why it is we tend to spell them incorrectly, …
4 years, 5 months ago
You're Spelling It Wrong | YSIW
Kathy and Ross challenge Fletcher to a spelling bee, as they tackle some of the English language's most commonly misspelled words and Fletcher immedi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Pretentious Confusables | YSIW
Kathy, Ross & Fletcher dip back into their bag of commonly confused words with some particularly pretentious examples.
4 years, 6 months ago
It's Time To Execute The Contronym Discussion | YSIW
We continue with our discussion of contronyms by jumping into some seemingly simple words that turn out to have some complicated meanings. And the su…
4 years, 6 months ago
Sanction? Oversight? Let's Have Fun With Some Contronyms | YSIW
Do you trim the tree before you trim the tree? Do you have to dust after you dust a cake? Today we're looking at contronyms (or antagonyms, or enanti…
4 years, 7 months ago
Flapdoodle Words (Part 2: The Sequel) | YSIW
Kathy, Ross & Fletcher explore a few more redundant words and phrases!
4 years, 7 months ago