68: Lazy in a Good Way (with Mark Ellison)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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What Is a Leaf?
The Roman alphabet derived from a version of Greek alphabet, derived from a Semitic alphabet. And then related to Hebrew alphabet. The names are things in the world whose first sound is the thing that's represented by the letter. So you have a leaf pretty soon. It doesn't mean a leaf anymore. It means all. That's a wonderful example.
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