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71: You're Welcome, English! (live with friends, for LingFest23)

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

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I Love the Combining Forms

The term soft launch and hard launch date from 1978, they referred to missiles. By 1985, it was extended to marketing. And now we're seeing it applied to boyfriends. This one suggested by Lizz. It's a combining form. I love the gram.

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