That's What They Say
By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
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That's What They Say is a weekly segment on Michigan Public that explores our changing language. Each week University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan will discuss why we say what we say with Michigan Public Weekend Edition host Rebecca Kruth.
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TWTS: Whether "or not" belongs in "whether or not" or not
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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TWTS: Going forth and back on "back and forth"
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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TWTS: You can tuna fish, but you may not need the "fish"
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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TWTS: Prone to be prone
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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TWTS: Attend as many "trainings" as you like
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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TWTS: An oft overlooked double possessive
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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TWTS: An ouster for the ouster
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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TWTS: Need something? Manifest it
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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TWTS: "Curry favor" comes from a horse (of course, of course)
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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TWTS: Known liars better hope their pants never literally catch fire
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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TWTS: If or whether you should use "if" or "whether"
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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TWTS: Intensifiers are so intense
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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TWTS: Badgered badgers badger
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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TWTS: The American Dialect Society's 2023 Word of the Year
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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TWTS: A rule about which we should be asking questions
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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TWTS: Tupperware containers are plastic, but are plastic containers Tupperware?
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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TWTS: How many things can you batten?
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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TWTS: Chances and 'stances are both happening
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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TWTS: Thin as a something
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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TWTS: When you witness a murder ... of crows
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Nov 25, 2023 |