Episode 20: The Ghost of Language Past
Wherein we play language games.Jump right to:12:47 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Language games37:07 Question 1: Could y’all talk about how your understanding of how to pronounce the word can affect w...
18 Tammi 1h 31min
Episode 19: Voiced Glottal Stop 2k25
Wherein we are pro-winter until approximately February 15.Jump right to:4:38 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Allophones26:50 Question 1: Why do we say “And you will be… (this person)?” when confirming i...
6 Joulu 20251h 11min
Episode 18: Can't Say "Teeth" Without Teeth
Wherein we are not professionals.Jump right to:4:44 Language Thing of the Day: The short scale vs the long scale21:38 Question 1: Why do we use 'on' to refer to spiders being 'on' ceilings? To me the ...
4 Elo 20251h 24min
LxAD @ CrossingsCon Announcement
Linguistics After Dark will be live next month! Come see us at CrossingsCon in Philadelphia, August 15th–17th. More details at crossingscon.orgtranscript:ELI: Hey, hey, Sarah, what do you call it when...
22 Heinä 202549s
Episode 17: The Vibes Are Iffy
Wherein we learn how to learn how to read.Jump right to:4:53 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Existential “be” versus straight copula16:32 Topic of the day: Phonics vs. the 3-cueing model, AKA how learni...
16 Heinä 20251h 46min
Episode 16: SOUTHWYIGHTCKPQRFML
Wherein we guess that’s part of our grammar now.Jump right to:6:16 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Vowel shifts44:23 Question 1: Why do British people say “I was sat there” instead of “I was sitting the...
20 Huhti 20251h 35min
Episode 15: Mr. White Is On Blast
Wherein we enjoy swearing, big lakes, and ambiguity more than most people.Jump right to:6:25 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Swearing26:10 After marrying my wife, who is from Chicago, I (who am a native...
7 Maalis 20251h 29min
Episode 14: SNUBA (Snail Tuba)
Wherein we have an actual disagreement on the podcast! Jump right to: 2:42 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Ways to Make Words! 42:18 Is it possible to have a different accent in your speaking voice v...
29 Joulu 20241h 44min
