125: Friends With Words (live with Martha Barnette and friends)

125: Friends With Words (live with Martha Barnette and friends)

Martha Barnette is one half of the linguistics podcast A Way With Words, and author of the new book Friends With Words: Adventures in Languageland.

Her lifelong love of language has led her through some of the toughest questions lexicography has to offer, and she's answering questions from our live listening audience.

Why do we FALL pregnant? How can we use PRETTY to say something is "pretty ugly"? And once and for all, why do we really say "the whole nine yards"?

Video for this episode: https://youtu.be/aPikLncj2xI

Timestamps (audio)

Start: 0:00
Cold open: 0:27
Intros: 2:02
Chat with Martha about Friends With Words: 5:42
On Martha's life and language: 11:10
Related or Not: 36:27
Questions for Martha: 56:25
The Reads: 1:25:40

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61: Together at Last

61: Together at Last

It’s Ben, Hedvig, and Daniel all together in the same place for the first time. We’re talking about the state of the show, the state of linguistics communication, and where we are after all these years.

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60: The Crossworld (with Hayley Gold)

60: The Crossworld (with Hayley Gold)

Language isn’t just for communication — it’s fun. For over a hundred years, crosswords have served as entertainment, and even been blamed for society’s ills. Turns out crosswords are serious business. Author and illustrator of Letters to Margaret and crossword enthusiast Hayley Gold takes us into the history and the discussions happening in the world of crosswords — the Crossworld. You can buy Hayley’s book Letters to Margaret at this link: https://shop.lonesharkgames.com/collections/letters-to-margaret

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59: Mailbag of Ew

59: Mailbag of Ew

In which we get together for a chat, talk about stuff we like, and — oh, yeah — answers a few questions from our great listeners. Other languages have a word for late morning, before noon. Why doesn’t English have one? Why is EW the sound some English speakers make when disgusted? Why can you have potatoes, but not broccolis? Who started calling the YouTube description the DOOBLEYDOO? Is it WHOA or WOAH? Why do we use capital i for the pronoun I?

30 Aug 20221h 13min

58: Expression Unleashed (with Thom Scott-Phillips and Joshua Blackburn)

58: Expression Unleashed (with Thom Scott-Phillips and Joshua Blackburn)

Today, we communicate. But once, we didn’t. What had to happen in our brains to make communication possible? And why don’t other animals do it like we do? We talk to Dr Thom Scott-Phillips about his new work in the social and cognitive origins of communication. And game creator Joshua Blackburn is going to test Daniel’s linguistic prowess with questions from the hottest game on Kickstarter, League of the Lexicon.

3 Aug 20221h 46min

57: Potluck (live, with friends)

57: Potluck (live, with friends)

Our friends, listeners, and patrons give us so many great stories, news, and words, so for this live episode, we’re having them tell these language stories in their own words. Thanks to PharaohKatt, Lord Mortis, Ariaflame, seejanecricket, Aristemo, O Tim, Ditte, Rodger, and Ben (not the host one).

27 Juli 20221h 26min

56: Diego's Digest

56: Diego's Digest

Our listeners and patrons send in so many great ideas, stories, and words. For this episode, listener and prolific contributor Diego has put together an entire show for our edification. ASL may have changed to include copular BE What’s going on with French-only laws in Quebec? Why is an Indian airport broadcasting covid information in Sanskrit? And more.

14 Juli 20221h 5min

55: Rebel With a Clause (with Ellen Jovin)

55: Rebel With a Clause (with Ellen Jovin)

Everyone’s favourite tabletop grammarian is back! It’s Ellen Jovin, proprietor of the Grammar Table. She dispenses grammar advice around New York City and the world, and now she’s written a book about her grammar adventures. Ellen is the author of Rebel With a Clause, and she joins us for this big episode.

29 Juni 20221h 39min

54: Slang (with Jonathon Green)

54: Slang (with Jonathon Green)

It’s crude. It’s rude. And it’s a lot of fun. Slang has been with us for as long as people didn’t want others to understand what they were about. But what exactly is it? And has the nature of slang changed in our internet age? Daniel is talking to eminent slang lexicographer Jonathon Green on this episode of Because Language.

15 Juni 20221h 37min

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