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Sociolinguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky fınds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted.
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Can TV Change the Way We Speak? | Otherwords
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Is English a Creole? | Otherwords
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You Were Probably Taught to Read Wrong | Otherwords
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How Cults Use Language to Control | Otherwords
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Why Is English Awash in Sailors' Jargon? | Otherwords
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What Is Your Body Telling People? | Otherwords
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Why Do Baby Names Fall Out of Fashion? | Otherwords
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Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones? | Otherwords
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Is the Southern Accent Disappearing? | Otherwords
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Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much? | Otherwords
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How Language Nerds Solve Crimes | Otherwords
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The Most Extreme Place Names | Otherwords
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How the Colors Got Their Names | Otherwords
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Why Does Texting Feel Different from Talking? | Otherwords
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What Brain Damage Reveals About Language | Otherwords
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How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages | Otherwords
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The Weird History of Invented Languages | Otherwords
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How English Took Over the World | Otherwords
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Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names | Otherwords
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Is "R" a Vowel? | Otherwords
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How Brands Ruin Slang | Otherwords
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Why Sign Language Was Banned in America | Otherwords
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Literally No One Likes a Grammar Cop | Otherwords
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The Stories Behind Food Names | Otherwords
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Is Bilingualism a Superpower? | Otherwords
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Foreign Words We Need in English | Otherwords
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The Evolution of Gossip | Otherwords (feat. @besmart)
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Pronouns: Little Words That Say a Lot | Otherwords
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The Screwed-Up History of English Spelling | Otherwords
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Snowclones and Clichés and Memes, Oh My! | Otherwords
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Is Swearing Good for Your Brain? | Otherwords
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60 Euphemisms for Death! | Otherwords
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Popular Words Invented by Authors | Otherwords
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What People Get Wrong About African-American English | Otherwords
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From Alan Turing to GPT-3: The Evolution of Computer Speech | Otherwords
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What's the Longest Word? | Otherwords
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The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’ (feat. Dr. Z) | Otherwords
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The Ancient Origins of Body Words | Otherwords
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How Languages Die | Otherwords
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Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words | Otherwords
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Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics | Otherwords
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