Talk the Talk

@talkpod

A show about linguistics, the science of language. With Daniel Midgley (🅳), Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård (/H). Bonus goodies:

Perth, Australia
Vrijeme pridruživanja: lipanj 2014.

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  1. 3. velj

    60. The ampersand is the most fun to design when you're making a font. You can inject so much character into it, and there are so many ways to do it. Maybe ampy shouldn't go back to having letter status like it used to, but it's my fave character.

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    TFW the word you are trying to masculinize already has "man" in it.

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    59. Oh — that’s for sans serif typefaces. For serifs, lower-case L needs a way to not look like a 1. My 3yo asked, “Why is there a 1 in that word?” L has all kinds of impostor issues. But I did get to tell her about the Royal typewriter I grew up with, that didn’t have a 1.

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    58. All typefaces need to be immediately updated so that lower-case L has a little curl at the bottom. That will distinguish it from upper-case I. Which may or may not need obligatory bars at top and bottom.

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    57. Politically, spot on! Grammatically, it’s a bit more complicated. is correct if the subject/object rule is what you’re going for. But many people don’t have a sense for s&o in multi-clause sentences. After a prep, use WHOM. That works.

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    2. velj

    Brexit Day poster warns residents to speak only "the Queens English" (sic) or go back where they came from: No one's paid attention to such warnings since before William the Conqueror.

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  7. 2. velj

    Great chat! Lots of fun, and I learned a lot about and . Thanks, ! 🅳

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  9. 30. sij

    Thanks as always to , , and for the hard work behind the scenes! 🅳

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  10. 30. sij

    : I learned some new words from ! They're new to the Learner's Dictionary. Things like , , and . What's your fave? Also, does 'schedule' have a 'sk' or 'sh'? On with & .

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  14. 28. sij

    What's your personal Word of the Year? We're talking right now on .

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    SENDING HEDVIG MY BEST WISHES <3

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  16. 26. sij

    Omnicide: a . 'Ms. Celermajer argues that “ecocide,” the killing of ecosystems, is inadequate to describe the devastation of Australia’s fires. “This is something more,” she has written. “This is the killing of everything. Omnicide.”' 🅳

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  17. 26. sij

    Just recorded our next episode of TtT with , and our first of 2020! Exciting! 😬 It’s about the vote from . Will Ben pick the winners? Coming this Tuesday, wherever you get your podcasts. 🅳

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  18. 25. sij

    I also feel like that "probably" is doing a lot of work. 🅳

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  19. 25. sij

    I wrote a script to help determine which songs are the most played of the year. These two songs turned up side by side during runtime, and the pairing turned out unexpectedly philosophical. 🅳

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  20. 24. sij

    Are we volunteering some of our time to help them with editing? Any concerted efforts out there? I'd do it.

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