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Online Boomer Speak (w/ Gretchen McCulloch) and Is “Money Can’t Buy Happiness” True?

08.27.2019 - By DiscoveryPlay

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Learn why the phrase “money can’t buy happiness” isn’t always true. Then, learn how different generations write differently online, with some help from internet linguist and author Gretchen McCulloch.

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about why the saying “money can’t buy happiness” isn’t always true: https://curiosity.im/2KoFAiP 

Additional resources from Gretchen McCullough:

“Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language” — https://amazon.com

Follow @GretchenAMcC on Twitter — https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC

Official website — https://gretchenmcculloch.com/

Lingthusiasm, Gretchen’s podcast — https://lingthusiasm.com/

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