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62: Language in Spaaaaace (with Hannah Little)

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

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I think the writing is so dry and boring, even people with the necessary education are not going to slog through it because it's just so potentially deliberately. I would argue this is the result of overworked governmental employees banging a thing out and going basically like, what's the minimum amount I need to do to make this publishable? Okay, that's what I'll do. So if they can make something that's plain that will give the average citizen the ability to arm themselves well... It's an equity and fairness issue ... What we're talking about is also a plain language in communication from the government to its citizens.

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