Word Wrangling with Terry Victor
Word Wrangling with Terry Victor
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Slang lexicographer and language commentator Terry Victor is happiest on the liberal left wing of language usage. Here's his short, sharp and sideways looks at the ways we mess with the English language. It's our language, we can do what we like with it. Occasionally provocative, sometimes grumpy and generally mischievous: that's Word Wrangling.
Word Wrangling... us is different than US
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
Barista-speak.
‘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
Po Po say No No
... 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
The Red Big Bus
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
Word Wrangling... a Kiss
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
Uncomfortable Words
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