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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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Is a Straw a Donut?

A straw is a tube. It doesn't have a tube. How do you spell cylinder? I would describe us more as a donut, to be honest. A torus. All that shit on the inside that that internal bit, the inside of the donut that is human being Is external tissue. What's our gut is external? Fucking Jesus. That just when I learned that, I was like, well, everything is a lie. And now it's time for the next one. Which side of the bed is the left hand side and which is the right hand side? We'll put that in our show notes.

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