Word Matters

102 Episodes

1. Episode 100: How did we get here?

   Published: 03/08/2022
2. Do we repeat ourselves? Very well then, we repeat ourselves.

   Published: 27/07/2022
3. Hackneyed Phrases, Both Old and New

   Published: 20/07/2022
4. Tips for Frenchifying Your French

   Published: 13/07/2022
5. Eggcorns, Mondegreens, and Spoonerisms—Oh My!

   Published: 06/07/2022
6. Traveling Words: Luggage, Baggage, and the Recombobulation Station

   Published: 29/06/2022
7. Skunked Words

   Published: 22/06/2022
8. When Dictionaries Drop Words

   Published: 15/06/2022
9. Wordle Does Not Make Us Nauseous

   Published: 08/06/2022
10. The Invention of the Modern Dictionary

    Published: 01/06/2022
11. An Interview with Jacques Bailly, Official Pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee

    Published: 25/05/2022
12. Nashe's 8 Types of Drunkards Includes No Octopi

    Published: 18/05/2022
13. Will 'ect.' become an acceptable spelling of 'etc.'? And if it does, will that be unexplainable or merely inexplicable?

    Published: 11/05/2022
14. Corrections, Clarifications, and Grave Transgressions

    Published: 04/05/2022
15. Uncommon Opposites

    Published: 27/04/2022
16. George Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language'

    Published: 20/04/2022
17. Linguistic Double Dipping

    Published: 13/04/2022
18. All About Abbreviations

    Published: 06/04/2022
19. The History of 'Whistleblower'

    Published: 30/03/2022
20. What does it mean to be 'at large'?

    Published: 23/03/2022