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75: Fake News (with Jack Grieve)

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

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The Differences Between Zalinski and Tudge

A third of Ukraine spoke Russian even before Russia started shipping people into like Crimea and all that sort of thing, right? Like, how long a lens do you want to take? Because I'm pretty sure at 50 years, 100 years, 150 years, Ukraine had a pretty decent chunk of Russian speakers in there. This isn't once again, a natural response to aggression. In peacetime, it is regrettable. There are factors that might make it understandable. And I don't love the idea of language policing broadly speaking. Yeah. I would be freaking out if Australia did this. Okay. Do you know how ignorant I am about this topic and how much I should probably shut up?

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