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<p>1136. This week, we go full Thanksgiving, talking about the origin of butter knives, forks, and more. You'll love all the tidbits you can share with your family or friends during dinner.</p><p>🔗 <strong>Share your familect recording via </strong><a href="https://www.speakpipe ... Show More

<p>1135. This week, we talk with Peter Sokolowski, editor at large at Merriam-Webster, about the new print 12th Collegiate Dictionary. We look at why print still matters, how the dictionary used lookup data to decide which words to drop (least looked-up compounds), and the import ... Show More

<p>1134. This week, we look at the poetic power of personification (the language quirk that gives human traits to nonhuman things) and why style guides advise against using it for AI. Then, we look at the different names for common sayings, defining a proverb and breaking down th ... Show More

<p>Seit Jahren gibt es in Deutschland eine Debatte übers <em>Gendern</em>, also dem geschlechterbewussten Sprachgebrauch. Mittlerweile ist das Thema auch im Mainstream angekommen — in populären Fernsehsendungen achten zum Beispiel immer mehr Moderator*innen darauf, gendergerechte ... Show More

Have you ever wondered what’s up with double negation, the history of gender neutral pronouns, or why swearing is taboo? Then get ready for this week’s guest, linguist Anne Curzan! Anne and Jonathan talk about how the English language has evolved since the 1300s and how our words ... Show More

<p>It’s a time of contrast and contradiction for gender queerness in America: At the same time that about 5 percent of Americans under 30 identify as transgender or nonbinary, over 20 states have passed some sort of restriction on gender-affirming care for children. In 2023 alone ... Show More

<p>Les hommes et les femmes ne parlent pas de la même manière. Ni entre eux, ni lorsqu’iels s’adressent au genre opposé.<strong> </strong>De quelle manière le langage contribue t-il à la fabrique des masculinités ? À l’inverse, comment le genre détermine-t-il la manière de parler ... Show More

The TeachingEnglish podcast is back! In episode 1, we're discussing how we can achieve gender equity in the classroom. We talk to Dr Aisling O'Boyle, Director of the Centre for Language Education Research at Queen's University, Belfast. We look at how discrimination against women ... Show More

<p>Kathrin Kunkel-Razum, Chefredakteurin des Dudens, ist noch einmal bei uns zu Gast und beantwortet diesmal eure Fragen. Wir sprechen darüber, welche Rolle die Verwendung englischer Ausdrücke im Deutschen spielt, warum das Thema "gendergerechte Sprache" so heiß debattiert wird u ... Show More

<a href="http://radiomd.com/media/k2/items/cache/d83f4a8a6fa016262d9725da9de9d29a_Generic.jpg" rel="nofollow"></a>We know that the Super Woman audience is a lot of moms and parents, who are all navigating raising children of all genders.<br><br><p>We know that the Super Woman aud ... Show More

Download ELSA for free and get 7 days pro membership for free: https://bit.ly/ELSAxTHINKINGINENGLISH ⁠ ⁠Get up to 85% off of ELSA lifetime membership by going to elsaspeak.com/promocode and use my code THINK85⁠ TikTok is changing the way we speak and use English. It is contr ... Show More

<p>Though progress has been made, there is still a long road ahead to gender equality.<br></p> <p>Join us as we explore existing and emerging barriers and opportunities for women’s empowerment, from deeply rooted social norms to new frontiers in technology.<br></p> <p>In the stud ... Show More

What is the strangest language in the world? Many linguists believe that all languages share certain universal rules and features. They believe that humans have innate or natural grammar that we are born with. However, there is a language from South America which is so strange an ... Show More