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1190. This week, we look at what makes Yoda's English special, and we look at the difference between “trooper” and “trouper,” including whether singular “troop” may be short for “trooper” and why “a real trouper” is the traditional spelling. 🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.🔗 Sh ...  Show more

1189. This week, we talk to Grant Faulkner, co-founder of Memoir Nation and former executive director of NaNoWriMo, about what makes writing a memoir different from writing fiction. We look at why memory is more story than recording, how trauma fragments the way people use langua ...  Show more

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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 ...

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