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 and peculiar that it challenges this theory! Let’s discuss it in this episode of T ... Show More
Oct 19
410. Why Spain Is Banning Evictions? (Vocabulary in the News)
Today, we're trying something a little different. This is a vocabulary-focused episode based on a recent news story, where we'll take one interesting event and use it to learn useful English words and expressions in context. Our story today comes from Spain, where an eviction inv ... Show More
22m 47s
Nov 2021
#210 | The Illogicality of The English Language
<p><strong> </strong></p><br><p>There is a lot about the English language that makes very little sense at all.</p><p>In this episode we look at some of these illogicalities, paying close attention to homonyms, homographs, homophones, and even something called lonely negatives.</p ... Show More
22m 20s
Dec 2023
The special sauce of human language. Gotten. NATO alphabet. A1 sauce.
959. Learn why human language goes beyond basic communication to allow spontaneous creativity, expression of identity, and leadership in linguistic change — things animals and chatbots can't quite achieve. Plus, I answer a British listener's question about the confusing way Ameri ... Show More
14m 19s
Oct 2020
Episode 121 SEVEN OF THE WACKIEST WORDS IN ENGLISH
Basically, Ibrahim from Egypt shared a list of weird, wacky English words, and I explain them. Words like malarkey, discombobulated, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, whippersnapper, and discombobulated.
7 WACKIEST WORDS IN ENGLISH | ENGLISH LESSON WITH A REAL ENGLISH TEACHER http ... Show More
15m 56s