The Word's Worth

The Word's Worth episodes

March 10, 2023 Please Don't Hit on Me, Bug Me, or Harass Me
How everyone from gangsters to presidents keep people calm and in their place.
8 min
March 03, 2023 A Pocketful of Somethings
How can I say something? Let me count the ways.
9 min
February 24, 2023 A Year of the Language of War
A new set of language norms have taken hold in Russia.
11 min
February 17, 2023 The Ears Have It
Russian ears are more athletic than English ears.
8 min
February 10, 2023 Travels, Trips and Tours
Trips with goals, aimless travels, and all-inclusive tourist packages.
11 min
February 03, 2023 Starting Anew or Again or Freshly Baked
A few thoughts on new being old or next or just the same old thing over and over again.
9 min
December 26, 2022 Mark My Words: How to Remember and Forget
How to remember and how to forget are good skills to have whatever your language.
9 min
December 23, 2022 Mark My Words: How to Remember and Forget [old]
How to remember and how to forget are good skills to have whatever your language.
9 min
December 16, 2022 The Hopeless Quest for Language Purity
Russian legislators keep making laws to keep Russian pure. It's not working.
10 min
December 09, 2022 Words of the Year 2022
The annual Words of the Year compendium is dark, bleak and brutal.
10 min

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