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Jordan Kirtley / KMUWWhat does the stock market have to do with piracy in the West Indies? The Dutch, of course! (Really!) -
Jordan Kirtley / KMUWThe plural of thief is thieves, so why isn't the plural of chief chieves? And as the old woman once said, where are the beeves??? On today's show, we tackle the tricky nuance of plurals and synonyms that aren't actually synonyms.
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We celebrate our 200th episode (!) by taking a trip back in time to look at some words that popped up 200 years ago. -
We celebrate the season by looking at some winter-related idioms. -
We've tackled the differences between American and British English, but let's not forget Canadians also have a language of their own. -
The year is 1066: William the Conqueror lands upon the shores of England and changes the course of the English language forever. So what does that mean for us? -
We take a look at some modern-day idioms, where they came from, and what they could possibly mean.
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We look at a list of words people want to banish in this new year. Some of them we agree with, some of them we won't let go without a fight!
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We'll run through the various dictionaries' selections for the words of the year and offer up a few of our own.
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What could be more fun for the holidays than digging into the bizarre world of Latin and Greek plurals? Nothing! That's what! -
We wade into the social media wars as we take a look at some of the most common language mistakes people make when they're posting online.
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We hit a number of language-related topics this week, kicked off by a listener question about what the heck a participle actually is.
