What the Two Spellings of Stationary/ery Have to Do with Booksellers. Why Pronunciations Change.

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How 'be like' took over the world, with Sali Tagliamonte

1163. This week, we look at what it’s like to be a "language detective" with Sali Tagliamonte and how she used her own teenagers as a research lab. We look at a 25-year study on how the phrase "be like" became a permanent fixture of English, why the word "very" is suddenly making ...  عرض المزيد

Why 'Tonka' sounds big and 'bitty' sounds small. Why you CAN start a sentence with 'because.'

1162. This week, we look at why some names just "feel right" while others don't and how vowels like "ee" create associations with smallness and sweetness while back vowels like "ah" sound bigger and more serious. Then, we look at dependent clauses and when it's OK to start a sent ...  عرض المزيد

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AEE 1814: English Conversation and Speaking Practice with Movie Quotes
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AEE 1833: Read Versus Read and Other Tricky English Homographs
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AEE 1816: Pull Yourself Together and Put On Your Dry Shampoo
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