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    Bothered by People Talking in the Third Person? (minicast) - 13. Aug. 2009

    Bothered by People Talking in the Third Person? (minicast) - 13. Aug. 2009

    FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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    Bothered by People Talking in the Third Person? (minicast) - 13. Aug. 2009

    FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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    6 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 13, 2009
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Does it bug you when people talk about themselves in the third person? A caller finds herself mightily annoyed by this habit, which she observes especially among politicians and celebrities. There's a word for the practice of referring to oneself in the third person: illeism.--Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org.Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.
    Released:
    Aug 13, 2009
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    A fun weekly radio show about language seen through culture, history, and family. Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett talk with callers who have questions and stories about linguistics, old sayings, word histories, etymology, regional dialects, slang, new words, word play, word games, grammar, family expressions, books, literature, writing, and more. Your language questions: https://waywordradio.org/contact or words@waywordradio.org. Call toll-free *any* time in the U.S. and Canada at 1 (877) 929-9673. From elsewhere in the world: +1 619 800 4443. All past shows are free: https://waywordradio.org/. On Twitter at https://twitter.com/wayword.