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Podcast: Insights Into Things
Episode: Insights Into Teens: Episode 150 ”People Say the Strangest Things” (Audio)
Description: The English language is a funny thing. While words and phrases can have different meanings in different cultures, there are other things that might affect the meaning or even the relevance of a word or phrase.
Sometimes the things that once had meaning in the past are no longer relevant because of changes in society. This can sometimes conjure misconceptions and misunderstandings. Other times a phrase changes so much that the true meaning of it is lost.
While still other phrases are often misheard, misunderstood or just murder the English language kind of like when you...