Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
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Sep 18, 2018 • 34min
The Habitual Past
You regularly did something but don't any longer. In other words, you used to do it — what an odd expression.
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Sep 4, 2018 • 41min
A Riot of Color
Languages tend to get their color words in a certain order.
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Aug 21, 2018 • 42min
The Rise of They
The singular they is here to stay and that's a good thing.
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Aug 6, 2018 • 44min
Wabbit Twacks
Learning about language from Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny.
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Jul 24, 2018 • 42min
Tee Time
It's yabba dabba doo time to talk about the letter T.
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Jul 10, 2018 • 36min
Happy Birthday, OED!
The first full edition of the OED was published in 1928.
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Jun 26, 2018 • 38min
If Frozen, Why Not Squozen?
Lessons from this year’s Tony nominees for Best Musical.
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Jun 12, 2018 • 34min
The Pronouning of Profanities
How curse words became ordinary parts of speech.
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May 29, 2018 • 39min
One Tongue to Rule Them All
Many have dreamt of a single common language, but it remains a dream.
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May 15, 2018 • 44min
The Art of the Spiel
Rhetoric from the Gilded Age to the Era of Trump.
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