A Word in Your Ear

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Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex from the University of Queensland discusses the wonderful and odd aspects of English and many other languages.... more

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The podcast currently has 401 episodes available.

A Word in Your Ear episodes:

September 21, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Professor Roly Sussex is joined by a special guest, Professor Tor Hundloe, to talk about the language of economics.
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33min
September 14, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Professor Roly Sussex is trawling for examples of where one word has lots of different meanings.
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26min
August 31, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Professor Roly Sussex is chatting about why jargon's necessary and appropriate in its in-house context, but why it can be vile elsewhere.
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30min
August 24, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Professor Roly Sussex is chatting about words which should be struck from the English language.
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27min
August 17, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Where should we put the stress on words with more than one syllable? Professor Roly Sussex settles a few arguments.
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29min
July 27, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Professor Roly Sussex is chatting about why some places are spelt and pronounced differently in different langauges.
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25min
July 20, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Professor Roly Sussex has been in the Czech Republic and is chatting about English words of Slavic origin.
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22min
July 13, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Why is Latin perfect for romantic scholars? Allow Professor Roly Sussex to explain.
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24min
July 06, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Sushi, wasabi, and tofu. Professor Roly Sussex is chatting about the Japanese words we use in everyday English.
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31min
June 22, 2019 A Word in Your Ear with Roly Sussex
Going forward, Professor Roly Sussex hopes you'll take some learnings from his chat about business jargon.
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27min

FAQs about A Word in Your Ear:

How many episodes does A Word in Your Ear have?

The podcast currently has 401 episodes available.