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Posted in: 2022

#31: the language of COVID

https://chrt.fm/track/CFE4F1/www.buzzsprout.com/1912968/10400903-31-the-language-of-covid.mp3

Wayne discusses some of the new words and uses of words that have come into English in the last couple of years since COVID began, and also how they illustrate some typical ways in which the language works.

Posted in: 2022

#28: the five possible fates of any word in the English language

https://chrt.fm/track/CFE4F1/www.buzzsprout.com/1912968/10357505-28-the-five-possible-fates-of-any-word-in-the-english-language.mp3

Wayne talks about dictionaries and words, specifically the Oxford English Dictionary, and the five possible things that happen to any word that ever enters the English language.

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