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Season 4 is coming
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3 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2023
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Podcast episode
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In our upcoming season, we have stories about voice clones, tongue twisters and small languages fighting back. We'll hear from comedians, bilingual lovers and badly-behaved grandmothers. Look out for the first episode on November 1.
Music by Harry Edvino and The Freeharmonic Orchestra. Photo by Patrick Cox.
Subtitle is a production of Quiet Juice and the Linguistic Society of America. Sign up for Subtitle’s newsletter here.
Music by Harry Edvino and The Freeharmonic Orchestra. Photo by Patrick Cox.
Subtitle is a production of Quiet Juice and the Linguistic Society of America. Sign up for Subtitle’s newsletter here.
Released:
Oct 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (27)
Why some words are just funny: Why do so many of us laugh at a word like poop but not at, say, treadmill? Is it all down to their meaning? Or are we also responding to the sound of these words? Psycholinguist Chris Westbury set out to discover the answer. Assisted by an inventive comp by Subtitle