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73: Consequences of Language (with Nick Enfield and Morten Christiansen)

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

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The Importance of Humming and Squeeze Snow

dropple is when snow falls and then it goes through a layer of super cooled water droplets that are colder than freezing. The reason they don't turn into ice is because there's no dust up there for some reason. And again, it looks like hail, but you can, it's squishable. It's not quite snow, but it's not quite not snow. We call it the hugging or squeeze snow. But I think this needs to be a little bit more hail-like, like it need to be a bit less snow-like.

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