Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast
By Ray Belli
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Subscribers: 286
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 126
Tim
May 11, 2022
An interesting & entertaining linguistic podcast.
Chris
Oct 19, 2020
Very interesting and well done podcast that highlights the origins and history behind words and phrases.
AlieMarie
Apr 26, 2020
Description
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Lessons on Language with the Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogerty)
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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The Marvels of Translation: Interview with Keith Khan-Harris
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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The Power (and Omnipresence) of Rhetoric: Interview with Guy Doza
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May 20, 2023 |
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A Defense of "Bad" English: Interview with Valerie Fridland
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Learning New Languages: Interview with Rob Paterson
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Combatting Bias in Linguistic AI: Interview with Courtney Napoles
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Origins of Place Names: Interview with Duncan Madden
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Grammatical Gender: Interview with Danny Bate
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 109: Trivia
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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African American English: Interview w/ Tracey Weldon
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Episode 108: Understand
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Episode 107: World
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May 22, 2022 |
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Deciphering Ancient Scripts: Interview with Silvia Ferrara
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Episode 106: Grotesque
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Episode 105: Idiot
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Episode 104: Genius
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Episode 103: Run Amok
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Episode 102: Hyperbola/Hyperbole & Ellipse/Ellipsis
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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Episode 101: Parabola/Parable
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode 100: Google
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Episode 99: Average
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Why Is English Highly Irregular? (Interview with Arika Okrent)
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode 98: Lost Letters: Long s (ſ) and Ampersand (&)
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Episode 97: Lost Letters: Ash (Æ, æ) and Ethel (Œ, œ)
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May 30, 2021 |
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Nine Nasty Words (Interview with John McWhorter) [EXPLICIT]
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May 16, 2021 |
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Episode 96: Lost Letters: Wynn (Ƿ), Insular G (ᵹ), Yogh (Ȝ)
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Episode 95: Lost Letters: Eth and Thorn (Ð,ð and Þ, þ)
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Episode 94: The Lost Letters of the English Alphabet (Overview)
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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Episode 93: Pasta
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Episode 92: Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner)
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Interview with Tim Brookes, founder of Endangered Alphabets
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 91: Artichoke
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Episode 90: Apple
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Episode 89: Cheese
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Episode 88: Egg
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Proto Indo-Europeans with Kevin Stroud of The History of English Podcast
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Episode 87: Dead Ringer
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Episode 86: Red Herring
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May 17, 2020 |
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Episode 85: The Proof Is in the Pudding
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Interview with Simon Horobin, Author of "Bagels, Bumf, and Buses"
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Episode 84: Break a Leg
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Episode 83: Apple of the Eye
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Episode 82: In a Pickle
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Episode 81: Idioms (General Overview)
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Episode 80: Cannibal
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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Episode 79: Philistine
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Dec 14, 2019 |
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Episode 78: Bohemian
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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Episode 77: Gothic
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Interview with Steve Kaufmann, Polyglot & Co-founder of LingQ
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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Episode 76: Wife
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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Episode 75: Grandmother/Grandfather
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Aug 11, 2019 |
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Episode 74: Sibling
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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Episode 73: Papa/Dada/Father
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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Episode 72: Mama/Mom
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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Episode 71: Noah Webster’s Dictionary
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Jun 15, 2019 |
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Episode 70: Noah Webster (Early Works and Spelling Reforms)
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May 26, 2019 |
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Episode 69: OK
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May 05, 2019 |
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Episode 68: Yankee
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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Episode 67: The American Pronunciation of R (Rhoticity)
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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Episode 66: The Emergence of the American Lexicon
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Interview with Lynne Murphy, Author of "The Prodigal Tongue"
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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Episode 65: Dialect vs. Language
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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Episode 64: France
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Episode 63: Turkey
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Episode 62: Cincinnati
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Jan 05, 2019 |
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Episode 61: International Names of Germany
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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Episode 60: Wales
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Dec 02, 2018 |
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Episode 59: Proper Place Names (General Overview)
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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Episode 58: Gymnasium
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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Episode 57: Category
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Episode 56: Apology
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Episode 55: Sophisticated
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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Episode 54: Philosophy
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Sep 02, 2018 |
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Episode 53: They
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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Episode 52: Linguistic Subjectification (Very, Really, Literally, etc.)
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Episode 51: The
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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Interview with Steve Guerra (The History of the Papacy Podcast)
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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Episode 50: -ly (Adverbial Suffix)
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Jun 30, 2018 |
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Episode 49: To Be
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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Episode 48: History of English Grammar (General Overview)
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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Episode 47: Secular
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May 05, 2018 |
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Episode 46: God (and His Biblical Names)
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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Episode 45: Hell
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Episode 44: Letter J
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Episode 43: Demon
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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Episode 42: Church
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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Episode 41: Thou
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Jan 14, 2018 |
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Episode 40: Biblical Etymology (General Overview)
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Dec 31, 2017 |
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Episode 39: Eleven/Twelve
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Dec 15, 2017 |
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Episode 38: Algebra/Algorithm
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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Episode 37: Chemistry
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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Episode 36: Serendipity
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Oct 11, 2017 |
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Episode 35: Arabic Loanwords in English
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Sep 24, 2017 |
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Episode 34: Saturday/Sunday
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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Episode 33: Thursday/Friday
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Aug 19, 2017 |
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Episode 32: Wednesday
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Aug 02, 2017 |
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Episode 31: Monday/Tuesday
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Jul 14, 2017 |
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Episode 30: Days of the Week (General Overview)
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Jul 05, 2017 |
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Episode 29: How Does a Single Root Word Produce So Many Derivatives?
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Jun 13, 2017 |
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Episode 28: Scene
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May 29, 2017 |
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Episode 27: Comedy
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May 15, 2017 |
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Episode 26: Tragedy
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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Episode 25: Tyrant
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Apr 07, 2017 |
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Episode 24: Ethnic Suffixes (-an, -ian, -ean, -ish, -ese, -i)
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Mar 25, 2017 |
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Episode 23: Filibuster
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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Episode 22: Candidate
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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Episode 21: Inauguration
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Feb 12, 2017 |
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Episode 20: Letter C
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Jan 27, 2017 |
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Episode 19: Tea
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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Episode 18: Culture
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Episode 17: Two
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Dec 21, 2016 |
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Episode 16: Cologne
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Dec 10, 2016 |
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Episode 15: Sinister
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Nov 26, 2016 |
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Episode 14: Calqued Words
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Oct 11, 2016 |
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Episode 13: Beg the Question
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Oct 09, 2016 |
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Episode 12: Ostracize
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Oct 08, 2016 |
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Episode 11: Amateur
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Oct 08, 2016 |
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Episode 9 (Bonus Episode): Mouse (and Why Its Plural Form Is "Mice")
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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Episode 8: Cellular
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Aug 26, 2016 |
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Episode 7: Digital
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Aug 14, 2016 |
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Episode 6: Comfort
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Aug 05, 2016 |
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Episode 5: Meat
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Jul 23, 2016 |
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Episode 4 (Bonus Episode): Polysemous Words
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Jul 08, 2016 |
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Episode 3: Weird
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Jun 26, 2016 |
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Episode 2: Nice
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Jun 10, 2016 |
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Episode 1: Villain
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Jun 10, 2016 |