Word of Mouth
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
Are we all speaking football?
27 minutes Posted Oct 2, 2017 at 2:46 pm.
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Lifelong Arsenal supporter Michael Rosen and football-uninterested Dr Laura Wright talk to Adam Hurrey about the language, and in particular, the clichés of football. Football is a linguistic microclimate, with coinages shooting into everyday speech: back of the net!

Producer Sally Heaven.