Kathy and Ross pull out all the stops to try to trick Fletcher with a new spelling quiz. Fletcher does his best to upset them.
May 9
29 min
Kathy, Ross, and Fletcher try to tackle the Welsh language, with... questionable results. Look, we're all doing our best here.
May 2
31 min
Think you don't know what phonotactics are? Even our youngest English speakers do! You might just not realize it...
Apr 25
30 min
This week, Kathy and Ross challenge Fletcher to an epic eponym quiz, and somehow they detour again into an analysis of pavement. How? You'll have to listen to find out!
Apr 18
33 min
The 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.
Apr 11
32 min
We'll be happy to tell you what this episode is about just as soon as we get back from using the bathroom—I mean, the restroom—I mean, the washroom—I mean, the facilities—I mean…
Apr 4
30 min
Today we address a couple of listener questions, including one about the Third Conditional (???), before moving on to a quiz about Middle English vs. Latin spellings.
Mar 28
37 min
Today we have a wide-ranging discussion about the words we use, when we use them, and the enormous power they can have.
Mar 21
32 min
Sometimes words get a whole lot less specific over time, and sometimes people get really mad about that!
Mar 14
31 min
We look at how a tiny little prefix or suffix can completely change the meaning of a word. Or how it could do nothing at all!
Mar 7
32 min
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