The wonders of the 'a-' prefix in English. 'P...

1164. This week, we look at the origin of the octothorpe — also known as the pound sign or hashtag — and why it has so many different names. Then, we look at sentence fragments and the secret of "Sir Fragalot" to help you avoid common writing mistakes. A video of the man who inve ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more

Download ELSA for free and get 7 days pro membership for free: https://bit.ly/ELSAxTHINKINGINENGLISH  ⁠ ⁠Get up to 85% off of ELSA lifetime membership by going to elsaspeak.com/promocode and use my code THINK85⁠ TikTok is changing the way we speak and use English. It is contr ...  Show more

Have you ever wondered what’s up with double negation, the history of gender neutral pronouns, or why swearing is taboo? Then get ready for this week’s guest, linguist Anne Curzan! Anne and Jonathan talk about how the English language has evolved since the 1300s and how our words ...  Show more

Kathrin Kunkel-Razum, Chefredakteurin des Dudens, ist noch einmal bei uns zu Gast und beantwortet diesmal eure Fragen. Wir sprechen darüber, welche Rolle die Verwendung englischer Ausdrücke im Deutschen spielt, warum das Thema "gendergerechte Sprache" so heiß debattiert wird u ...

<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces= "true">>> Get my new course: The</span><span data-preserver-spaces= "true"> </span><span data-preserver-spaces= ...