The Word's Worth

The Word's Worth episodes

December 02, 2022 Angry? Join the Zoo
Fierce, furious and furry - that's you when you're mad.
9 min
November 25, 2022 Get Russian-Ready for Seasons Greetings
Take two little words - хлеб (bread) and соль (salt) - put them together and get something grand.
10 min
November 18, 2022 Russian Pandemonium Pop Quiz
How do you say chaos in Russian? Let me count the ways.
11 min
November 11, 2022 The New Russian Revolutionary Language
NewSpeak, new letters and a new level of crude language used by the Russian elite.
14 min
October 20, 2022 To Err is Human in Every Language
The fine art of admitting your mistakes in Russian.
9 min
October 18, 2022 Why is There a Dog in Your Email?
From the annals of punctuation and typographical history.
11 min
October 07, 2022 Гойда! They Shouted. Say What?
What were they shouting on Red Square and should we worry?
10 min
October 01, 2022 Newspeak for the Russian New Economic Policy
Happy talk in Russian media sources. "Negative growth" and lots of "stability."
11 min
September 16, 2022 Newspeak in the New Russia
What they say and what they mean are two very different things.
10 min
September 09, 2022 Good King... Who?
Why did King Charles III get a different name in Russian?
8 min

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