Lexicon Valley @lexiconvalley
I, too, would like to hover high over every question and be oblivious of my beauty. But back to human matters. A podcast about language. booksmartstudios.com/lexiconvalley,… Washington, D.C. Joined August 2011-
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@lexiconvalley @sophiasgaler @mikevuolo @Livia_Bloom Language isn't just words. It's DNA
316: How to Kill a Language, Part I Covering tongues from Ukrainian to Maori to Emilian, author @sophiasgaler joins Bob Garfield for a sweeping talk on language suppression, revitalization and death. 🎧Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #podcast
@lexiconvalley @mikevuolo @Livia_Bloom Look out! He's got a podcast! Bang. Bang.
315: Bang for the Buck The Atomic Era coining of an explosive phrase is discussed by Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo in this week’s banger of a show. Plus, buckaroo and buck-naked. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
314: The Language of Liars Science-fiction author @sl_huang explains how studying languages informed their novella The Language of Liars, a "love letter to linguistics." 🎧Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #podcast #shuang #thelanguageofliars @macmillianusa
313: No More Mr. Nice Guy Was Perry Como the original Mr. Nice Guy? How does he relate to an infamous gossip columnist’s Hitler joke? In this bonus, Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield explain. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast #nomoremrnieguy
312: Nice Guys Finish Last What do a cement mixer and a 1948 Cosmopolitan article have to do with the phrase "nice guys finish last"? In a bonus show for all listeners, Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield explain. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
I love this stuff!
310: Grand Am John McWhorter shares exciting new findings in his years-long study of the use of “you am” and “we am” in native English—outside of minstrelsy. 🎧Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
311: Happily Ever Arter In a bonus segment for all listeners, @JohnHMcWhorter discusses a word from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Jim pronounces "after" as "arter". Where did that come from? 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
310: Grand Am John McWhorter shares exciting new findings in his years-long study of the use of “you am” and “we am” in native English—outside of minstrelsy. 🎧Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
309: Haut Corn! John McWhorter asks: What did Black New Yorkers sound like in the 1800s? Find out in this first of a two-part episode. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #johnmcwhorter #podcast
308: A Quick Buck A buck is a male deer. Or a dollar bill. Or a strapping lad. Or a poker term. Are they related? Bob Garfield passes the buck to Mike Vuolo to find out. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
Bonus: Nice Work If You Can Get It The Gershwin brothers wrote their hit song “Nice Work If You Can Get It” for a 1930’s musical. Did they coin the term? 🔑 Unlock bonus episodes to listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
307: Nice of You to Join Us What Jane Austen have in common with George Carlin? Biting commentary on “nice”! Find someplace nice and quiet for Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo on a not entirely pleasant word. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
306: The Dating Game, Great White Edition Which came first, the Great White Shark or the Great White Way? Play along with Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo to guess the order in which three phrases were born. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #podcast #thedatinggame
305: The Original Maverick Legend has it that Samuel Maverick was a 19th-century rancher who refused to brand his cattle—was he? Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo explore in this newly unlocked bonus episode. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
47: Get One’s Goat When did we start getting each other's goats? Also, why goats? In this episode from the archives, linguist Ben Zimmer joins Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield to investigate a caprine phrase. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
Delving into the origin of G.O.A.T. with linguistic pioneers from Muhammad Ali (@MuhammadAli) to Christen Flynn Goodwin (@CristinGoodwin). 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon…
I am feeling “goated” by one of the GOATs of security! 😀 x.com/johnlatwc/stat…
Plus: In this week’s episode, Lexicon Valley interviews “goated” pioneer (and cyber security expert) Cristin Flynn Goodwin (@CristinGoodwin).🐐 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon…
304: The G.O.A.T. Kids these days are goated. How did that happen? As Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo explain, an aggrandizing acronym seeded in the 1960s was born decades later. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
304: The G.O.A.T. Kids these days are goated. How did that happen? As Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo explain, an aggrandizing acronym seeded in the 1960s was born decades later. 🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexicon… #lexiconvalley #onlanguage #podcast
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