Lexicon Valley

By Lexicon Valley

A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.... more

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The podcast currently has 296 episodes available.

Lexicon Valley episodes:

March 12, 2012 A Meditation on Scrabble
Mike Vuolo talks to "Word Freak" author Stefan Fatsis about the nature of language in Scrabble.

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34min
March 05, 2012 Untuning the String
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to author David Skinner about his book, The Story of Ain't.

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35min
February 27, 2012 Jumpin' Salty in The O
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the vernacular wrapped in a dialect inside a language that some call Ebonics.

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39min
February 20, 2012 Consider the Lamppost
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the hypercorrected incorrectness of "between you and I."

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28min
February 13, 2012 A Bundle of Faggots
Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the evolution of the word "faggot."

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31min
February 06, 2012 A Sin of Which None Is Guilty
Remastered episode!
We all learned that you’re not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition. But from where did this alleged rule come? And why does it encumber us with such labored sentences as the one preceding this? Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield explore the history of the terminal preposition rule, and whether there are good reasons to follow it.

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22min

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How many episodes does Lexicon Valley have?

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