Lexicon Valley
Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.
Episodes
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May 1, 2018 • 37min
Getting to Yes
Mm-hmm, yep, yeah.
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Apr 17, 2018 • 40min
The Story of P
What queues up after elemeno?
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Apr 3, 2018 • 37min
English Spelling is a Beautiful Mess
English is chock-full of letters that are not pronounced, which makes spelling a nightmare.
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Mar 20, 2018 • 38min
Did the Founding Fathers Have a British Accent?
On the way early Americans may have spoken.
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Mar 6, 2018 • 35min
No-Uh!
What's that extra sound we sometimes say at the end of words?
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Feb 20, 2018 • 34min
The Inner Workings of Out
There's far more going on with out than you think.
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Feb 6, 2018 • 35min
Words, For Her
The etymology of girl and other lady terms.
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Jan 23, 2018 • 45min
What's the Deal with Eleven?
From one to twenty — you can count on it!
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Jan 9, 2018 • 36min
There Are Two N-Words
One of English's worst epithets has split in two.
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Dec 27, 2017 • 34min
The Thing Is Is
Doubling up on the verb is, an explanation.
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