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Podcast: The Colin McEnroe Show
Episode: I've Got Two Chickens to Paralyze: A celebration of mondegreens, malapropisms, and more
Description: This hour we look at mis-speaks, mis-hearings and mis-understandings, like malapropisms, mondegreens, eggcorns, and spoonerisms. We'll share our favorite examples and learn about what they can tell us about the English language, and how our brains process language. And we'll celebrate the joy of playing with language. GUESTS:Ā Emily Brewster:Ā Senior Editor and lexicographer atĀ Merriam-Webster, and host of theĀ āWord Mattersā podcastĀ Ā Melissa Baese-Berk:Ā Professor of language teaching studies and linguistics at the University of Oregon, where she is also director of the Speech Perception and Production LabĀ Ben Zimmer:Ā Linguist, lexicographer, and theĀ āWord on the Streetā c...