Sketchplanations - The Podcast

QUICKFIRE ROUND - Words and Language


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What's your relationship with language?

If you're interested in quirky words, linguistic devices and grammar, then there'll be lots in this week's episode for you.

It's another BUMPER PACK QuickFire Round.

Every day's a school day! But we promise you won't get told off if you haven't done your homework.


In order of appearance:

1/. Kaffikok

2/. Advise vs Advice

3/. Affect vs Effect

4/. Pleonasm

5/. Amateur vs Professional

6/. Pyrrhic Victory

7/. Flotsam & Jetsam

8/. Contranym

9/. NATO Phonetic Alphabet

10/. Compliment vs Complement

11/. Less vs Fewer

12/. Tsundoku


Email us at [email protected] with your takes on these sketches or you can leave us comments and messages for this episode on Social Media.


You can find all three of us on Social Media here too: Jono Hey, Tom Pellereau, Rob Bell.


All Music on this podcast series is provided by Franc Cinelli. Find many more tracks at franccinelli.com

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