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Apr 2022
18m 23s

Linguistic Double Dipping

Merriam-Webster, New England Public Media
About this episode

English borrowed lots of words from French. And it liked some of those words so much it borrowed them twice. 


Hosted by Emily Brewster, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.

Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.

Transcript available here.

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