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07: Kids these days aren’t ruining language

Lingthusiasm - A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics

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I've Learned a Lot, and I Like Learning Where Words Come From

When you start learning about language, your knowledge and pedantry increase in lock step with each other. And then at a certain point, your knowledge about language levels off for a bit before it massively increases again. But as you keep learning more, you realize there's actually no point in being pedantic about it. It's really good for your blood pressure to not be a pedant.

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