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Podcast: Slate Debates
Episode: The Year of the “Vaxx”
Description: On today’s episode of Spectacular Vernacular, Nicole and Ben pay tribute to the late pioneer in linguistics and cognitive science, Lila Gleitman. They also interview Peter Sokolowski of Merriam-Webster and Fiona McPherson of the Oxford English Dictionary about the keywords of 2021. And finally, we bring on a listener for some wordplay. We hope you’re familiar with the diversity of English dialects. You could win a year’s membership to Slate Plus.Do you have any language questions or fun facts to share? Email us at [email protected]. Produced by Jasmine Ellis and Asha Sal...