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144: Huh?
What's the most common word in the world? A research team finds that 'huh?' is shared by languages around the globe. But is it really a word? What are words like? We're also talking to Simon Tam of the Slants, on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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By Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
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What's the most common word in the world? A research team finds that 'huh?' is shared by languages around the globe. But is it really a word? What are words like? We're also talking to Simon Tam of the Slants, on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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