
I take a short wander into the woods in search of wonder. The differences between UK and US English are definitely enough to make you wonder...
Nov 11, 2020
14 min

‘Why can’t I just get an ordinary cup of coffee anymore?’Well, if statistics and PR are to be believed (and marketing statistics prove they are) then there are grounds to believe that the business of café culture is now a major part of our daily...
Nov 4, 2020
22 min

... in which arresting language is word wrangled, allegedly racist language is taken in for questioning, lyrics get quoted and sports commentators are given guidelines. It's complicated.
Nov 4, 2020
29 min

Word Wrangling is a series of slightly skew-whiff looks at the English and the way we skewer it. This episode is formed around an attempt to see how many adjectives can be loaded on the back of a single noun. Informative and silly.
Oct 28, 2020
15 min

I don’t know about you but all this social distancing is getting at me. I miss handshakes, hugs and kisses. So, this week I thought we might play kiss chase with the language. Here's a superfluity of kissage for your lip-smacking pleasure so pucker up...
Oct 21, 2020
24 min

What is it with some words?Some words make your mouth itch, others can make people's skin crawl. Most of them appear in this episode.Don't be afraid. Now is the time to embrace your vocabulary, sweat it, stimulate it, lubricate it, and make the moist to...
Oct 14, 2020
22 min
