Punctuation's Weird Backstory
S5 E9 - 9m 19s
There was a time when written words were all scrunched together without any spaces or symbols to help the reader make sense of it. How did we get from that to this‽
The Mysterious Origins of Abracadabra and Other Magic Words
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Popular Word Origins That Are Totally Wrong
S5 E8 - 7m 3s
Sometimes misunderstandings and made-up origins get popular enough to stick around... we call these "folk etymologies"!
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Is Social Media Censorship Unaliving Language?
S5 E7 - 7m 18s
TikTok users are altering their speech to evade algorithmic filters--but will this harm language in the long run?
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