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Podcast: Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Episode: Welcome to the HelenMouth: Linguistics in Buffy with Helen Zaltzman
Description: Dear friend of the pod Helen Zalztman (The Allusionist, Answer Me This!) joins us today for a deep dive into linguistics in Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Why does Giles' leatherbound book use a "Y" in Vampyre? Why does television rely so heavily on Latin to convey magic spells? Where does the word "coven" originate? Did Buffy coin the term "wiggins"?! In the words of one Jenny Owen Youngs, wow wow wow Wow WOW. PHILADELPHIA: "STORYTELLER" AT WORLD CAFE LIVE on JUNE 11TH+ https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Buffering-the-Vampire-Slayer-Live-Recording-Storyteller/473902?afflky=WorldCafeLive