That's What They Say

By Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth

That's What They Say is a weekly segment on Michigan Public that explores our changing language. Each week University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan will discuss why we say what we say with... more

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The podcast currently has 382 episodes available.

That's What They Say episodes:

April 07, 2025 TWTS: That's what they used to say (we think)
We will never know some of the informal language that was bandied about among speakers in the time of Beowulf.
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March 28, 2025 TWTS: Think hard before pointing out language quirks
There are so many interesting bits of language in the world, we can’t help but notice. The question is, when you notice someone saying something interesting, should you point it out?
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6min
March 24, 2025 TWTS: When word nerds fight crimes
In a criminal case, you just might need a linguist.
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6min
March 17, 2025 TWTS: Why your high school forensics club didn't solve crimes
There's competitive forensics, but there's also forensic medicine, forensic accounting, and forensic linguistics too.
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5min
March 09, 2025 TWTS: The expressionless expression of "deadpan"
The word "deadpan" is on the rise, as multiple parts of speech. That "pan" is related to the historical expression “shut your pan."
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6min
February 28, 2025 TWTS: Whenever you say "whenever"
Not all of us use the word 'whenever' in exactly the same way, and people are noticing.
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6min
February 22, 2025 TWTS: One hundred is worth a hundred
It’s 100% true that people online are asking about sentences like, “I got an a hundred on the test.”
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6min
February 17, 2025 TWTS: Not all sounds resonate
The way some people use "resonate" doesn't resonate with all of our listeners.
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6min
February 10, 2025 TWTS: When a sweep gets clean
We can sweep the floor, sweep the board, sweep the stakes, sweep the series – and maybe it will even be called a "clean sweep."
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5min
February 03, 2025 TWTS: May as well get comfortable with "comfortability"
While you may not find “comfortability” in many standard dictionaries yet, it is out there in circulation with “comfortableness.”
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FAQs about That's What They Say:

How many episodes does That's What They Say have?

The podcast currently has 382 episodes available.

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