You're Saying It Wrong

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October 31 Political Rhetoric
Just in time for the spoookiest day of the year (Election Day), we take a look at the ways politicians talk to us and try to win us to their side. We look at axiology in language, antithesis, epistrophe, deixis, and chiasmus, among other devices.
36 min
October 24 Spooky Differences
We talk about one of the scariest of things: words that seem like they should mean the same thing but actually don't. Is a hobgoblin just a fancy goblin? What's the difference between a coffin and a casket? And why do people keep saying "autobiography" when they mean "memoir?"
31 min
October 17 Fall! Autumn! Fall! Autumn!
We look at the origins of some fall-related and autumn-related words. Which, to be clear, are the same thing.
33 min
October 10 Pragmatics!
We're talking about how we understand each other even when we're using techniques we don't realize we're using, and how we work together to communicate. We'll dive into Grice's Maxims of Conversation and the importance of implicature in everyday conversation.
33 min
October 03 Insults 2: Return of the Clunch
We continue our look into the etymologies of various (mild) insults, including the origins of rube, bum, schmuck, and dweeb. (You're none of these things, don't worry, we love you.)
30 min
September 26 Insults: The Blah-Blahs Are at the Gate
We look at the etymologies of various insults throughout history, including the origins of barbarian, brat, dunce, and fool.
35 min
September 19 Sh-sh-sh-shibboleths
Be careful how you say these words! It could be a matter of life and death.
37 min
September 12 Toponymy!
Hydronyms, dromonyms… toponyms! (Place names. We’re talking about place names.)
37 min
September 05 Yep, still different
We gaze again into the ocean of difference between American English and British English.
35 min
August 29 Red Flags
Sometimes you read something that makes you throw the book against the wall, never to pick it up again.
36 min

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From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Podcast Network, You're Saying It Wrong is a podcast that looks at what we get wrong—and what we sometimes get right—when it comes to this English language.…