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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Cut the Mustard - 11 November 2024
Description: Do people who work together sound alike? Yes! Over time, they may begin to develop similar patterns of speech, or what might be called an âoccupational accentâ that helps them communicate efficiently. Also, lots of familiar words in English got their start not in the languages of Europe, but in Asia â words including bungalow, ketchup, and avatar. And: whatâs that snowbird on the basketball court? All that, plus an Olympic-style word game, Buxtehude, the many ways to pronounce onion, cut the mustard vs. pass muster, Der Bus hält an jeder Milchkanne, how pet names evolve, a punny joke about being add...