That's What They Say
Un podcast de Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
120 Épisodes
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TWTS: The expressionless expression of "deadpan"
Publié: 09/03/2025 -
TWTS: Whenever you say "whenever"
Publié: 28/02/2025 -
TWTS: One hundred is worth a hundred
Publié: 22/02/2025 -
TWTS: Not all sounds resonate
Publié: 17/02/2025 -
TWTS: When a sweep gets clean
Publié: 10/02/2025 -
TWTS: May as well get comfortable with "comfortability"
Publié: 03/02/2025 -
TWTS: If you find “the lurch,” don’t stick around
Publié: 25/01/2025 -
TWTS: Where did that pit in your stomach come from?
Publié: 18/01/2025 -
TWTS: The American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year
Publié: 13/01/2025 -
TWTS: When language gets spicy
Publié: 06/01/2025 -
TWTS: There are reasons to use "there are" before a plural, and there's reasons to use "there's"
Publié: 29/12/2024 -
TWTS: The "doink" heard 'round the stadium
Publié: 23/12/2024 -
TWTS: Reach out and ping someone
Publié: 16/12/2024 -
TWTS: A quintessential enough guide to "quintessential"
Publié: 08/12/2024 -
TWTS: The not-so-ordinary world of "ordinary" and "ornery"
Publié: 01/12/2024 -
TWTS: Dilly dallying in the lightning round
Publié: 24/11/2024 -
TWTS: Language pet peeves don't always stand the test of time
Publié: 17/11/2024 -
TWTS: "These ones" made the lightning round
Publié: 11/11/2024 -
TWTS: We've seen a change with "sea change"
Publié: 04/11/2024 -
TWTS: The touchy third rail
Publié: 28/10/2024
That's What They Say is a weekly segment on Michigan Public that explores our changing language. Each week University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan will discuss why we say what we say with Michigan Public Weekend Edition host Rebecca Kruth.