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52: The Language Game (with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater)

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

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Cocky Dundas

A cocky Dundas is someone who's very arrogant, arrogant and full of themselves. It was in fact the nickname of a pilot during the Second World War. Do you feel like a lot of people would have known this word? No. I just see with my northern husband. What did you call it? Cocky Dundas. Okay, I'll be right back. Check it out. We're on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm.

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