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347: Not Rocket Surgery (featuring Kari Sullivan and William Black)
Talking to Dr Kari Sullivan about mixed metaphors, and why they're not all bad. In the news: The pronoun "y'all" seems to be making gains outside the US South. A chat with William Black. Bookmarks: A look back at "Babel-17" by Samuel R. Delaney. Words of the Week: fartgate, death cross, Snowvember, woof.
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Talking to Dr Kari Sullivan about mixed metaphors, and why they're not all bad. In the news: The pronoun "y'all" seems to be making gains outside the US South. A chat with William Black. Bookmarks: A look back at "Babel-17" by Samuel R. Delaney. Words of the Week: fartgate, death cross, Snowvember, woof.
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