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Lexicon Valley
A podcast about language.
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Listen now | On September 15, Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield return with their trademark persiflage.
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On September 15, Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield return with their trademark persiflage. All 13 years of episodes to be released.
The American Accent Came First
It wasn't until the 1800s that Brits started talking that way.
Oversleeping at the Sleepover
Little prepositions are a big part of what makes English so flexible.
The Story of Us
A brief discussion of what makes seven little words — I, you, he, she, it, we and they — so interesting.
Fire, Die, Rim
Why do words sometimes sound so similar in vastly different languages? It's usually one of three reasons.
This Little Piggy
How are pig, pork and swine all related? They're not.
Hither and Yon
Here, there, where; hence, thence, whence; hither, thither, whither. Notice a pattern?
When Are the Dead No Longer "Late"?
Also, did we go from bad to badder to worse?