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66: ChatGPT Wrote This Episode (with Daan van Esch)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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What's the Fun of Swearing?

If you want to make a minced oath in English, add an approximate friggin or fudge. So it mellows it out. Seems to. It's got a moderating effect. That was an interesting study that looked at a few different languages. And there do seem to be some interesting patterns there. Yeah, I'm a bit bitter about the plosives. I was so sure I was on to a winner with that one. No, and in English, you're right, but not cross lingley. Because swearing is heaps of fun, obviously. Like it's because it rules. Why is pizza good? Because it's pizza, bro. But also swearing and things

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