The intro of today's episode makes reference to the 8th of the month. This is because the episode publication was delayed by a week after recording to allow all listeners to get a chance to hear the Fluent Show statement about racism. Right, let's get to it:

When there's something étrange in your vocabulaire, who you gonna call? A LINGUIST!

Today I've got a very special linguist on the show: Mathilde from Elles Comme Linguistes, a French YouTube channel dedicated to linguistics pour tous! Mathilde visited the Fluent show to talk about what linguistics is all about and what it is like to do a PhD in Paris 🇫🇷.

"Traditional education is about languages, not linguistics."

In this show, we focused on learning more about loanwords like champagne in English, mousepad in French, kartofle in Polish and beamer in German. Every language has loanwords, but

BILINGUAL EPISODE ALERT

I always remember what the lovely Ron Gullekson said: “I want to get used to feeling uncomfortable.” So fear not, trust that we will come back to English again and again, and the interview will still be interesting for you.

Thank you to Mathilde Hutin for this episode introduction.

Thank you for listening to the Fluent Show! If you enjoyed this episode, please consider supporting the show by leaving a review in your podcast app or becoming a member of our Patreon community

Special Guest: Mathilde Hutin.

Sponsored By:

• Yabla: Stream authentic shows you enjoy and learn at the same time. Give Yabla a try with a free trial for Fluent Show listeners

Links:

• What is Computational Linguistics?
• Language - Leonard Bloomfield - Google Books
• Definition and Examples of Language Contact
• Today is #PodRevDay: A Day to Thank Podcasters! | Articles on Podchaser
• Chinese Words With English Origins - italki