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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Hair On Your Tongue (Rebroadcast) - 7 September 2020
Description: If you speak both German and Spanish, you may find yourself reaching for a German word instead of a Spanish one, and vice versa. This puzzling experience is so common among polyglots that linguists have a name for it. ⢠The best writers create luscious, long sentences using the same principles that make for a musicianâs melodious phrasing or a tightrope walkerâs measured steps. ⢠Want to say something is wild and crazy in Norwegian? You can use a slang phrase that translates as âThatâs totally Texas!â ⢠Plus happenstance, underwear euphemisms, pooh-pooh, scrappy, fret, gedunk, tartar sauce, antejentacular, the many ways to pronou...