[Encore Episode] 160 How the Internet Is Changing Language (w/ Gretchen McCulloch) - Originally Published January 18, 2021
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What Is the Most Versatile Word in English?
Fucking is the most versatile word. Another very versatile word, ironically, is the word set in english. There are m the em the we can get into this paper about fuck later, if you want. But i've since trie to answer your first question. So what's interesting about it is, when you say the language geting passed down, rite, because you don't learn language first by reading and writing, generally. Most people write. You learn language from your parents, your friends, or little other kids at decar or kindergarten or whatever. And so there's a uninterrupted chain of oral transmission as well. Each of the different varieties of english and stuff, they're
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