70: Free Speech, But… (with Dennis Baron)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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Did Richard Dawkins Really Write the Origin of Language?
Dawkins tweeted that the average 19th century peasant used a vocabulary of 250 words, an educated person, 5,000 and Shakespeare, 27,000. "I just, I pity the poor lexicographer that this guy has quoted," he said. Dawkins is known for saying things that are very uncalled for.
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