You're Saying It Wrong

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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. Hoste... more

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The podcast currently has 272 episodes available.

You're Saying It Wrong episodes:

July 06, 2024 It's a Dead Language, I Always Say
Latin may be dead, but we still use it every day. This week we look at some common Latin phrases and what they actually mean.
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June 29, 2024 Cranberry Morphemes
We know what a berry is, we know what a cranberry is, but what the heck is a "cran?" We enter the sometimes murky world of the cranberry morpheme...
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30min
June 22, 2024 Final Exams
As we head into summer, we'll take a look back to see if we can remember what we've learned over the past year.
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30min
June 15, 2024 The Defining Words of the Spelling Bee
After this year's thrilling spell-off in the National Spelling Bee, we try to tease out the definitions of some of the words that won the contest.
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30min
June 08, 2024 The Oldest of Old Words
This week, we're talking about some of the very oldest words in the English language, and how little some of them have changed over thousands of years.
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30min
June 01, 2024 Smooshed-up Words
We're looking at words that were made by smooshing together other words, but it all happened so long ago that we completely forgot about it.
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30min
May 25, 2024 The Rheturn of Rhetoric
We're dipping back into common rhetorical devices today, and talking about how they can be used to win people to your side... or at least make them laugh a little bit.
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30min
May 18, 2024 Ye Olde Fossil Words
We look at some very old words that used to mean something, but that we now only see in very specific instances.
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30min
May 11, 2024 If I Were To Talk About The Subjunctive...
Some of us (Fletcher) can never keep straight what, exactly, the subjunctive is, so fortunately Kathy and Ross are here to remind us!
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May 04, 2024 We are all rhetoricians now
We have fun with rhetoric and some commonly used rhetorical devices, including how we might be using them even when we don't realize it.
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30min

FAQs about You're Saying It Wrong:

How many episodes does You're Saying It Wrong have?

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