Lexicon Valley

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Coming and going in languages around the world.

40m

How our idea of formality can affect the way we say certain words.

47m

Add to German a large helping of Hebrew and a dollop of Slavic. Stir. Let marinate. Enjoy!

2019-12-24 46m

What does a rooster have to do with male genitalia anyway?

2019-12-10 40m

Terms such as "like" and "sort of" are ways for English speakers to sound more polite.

2019-11-26 45m

What is it with people and animals and irregular plurals?

2019-11-12 36m

Long-dead elements of the language still haunt our everyday speech.

2019-10-29 34m

Come table-hopping as we discuss the linguistic quirks of some mealtime terms.

2019-10-16 37m

Never mind those 26 letters—the English language has 44 unique sounds.

2019-10-01 36m

English has shed many of its nuances over the centuries. Take pronouns, for example.

2019-09-17 40m