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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Snaggletooth - 11 January 2021
Description: Many of us struggled with the Old English poem âBeowulfâ in high school. But what if you could actually hear âBeowulfâ in the English of today? Thereâs a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary language and even internet slang to create a fresh take on this centuries-old poem â right down to addressing the reader as Bro! Also, whatâs a word for feeling desperately lonely, but also comfortable in your solitude? And: the story of the word nickname. Plus laundry list, snaggletooth, breakfast, desayuno, circus lingo, gaffle, a search-engine brain teaser, hogo, logomachy, Waldeinsamkeit, and a book about book burning...