There’s a new show on Netflix, and it’s The History of Swearing, featuring Nicolas Cage. Backing him up is a team of researchers, comedians — and…
On this momentous episode, we look back on all the words that made our year. Like, all of them. Including some from other languages. Many…
Our Mailbag is at capacity! Time to get to these questions. Listen to this episode Download this episode Patreon supporters Huge thanks to all our…
If you love language, and you also love role-playing games with a sci-fi flair, then you’re going to want to check out the new game…
Schools are banning words and policing language. It may be a well-meaning attempt to encourage good language habits, but it also perpetuates troubling language ideologies…
The definition of white supremacy: is it expanding, or are we just getting better at recognising it and its reach? How does white supremacy show…
The questions keep coming! Let’s answer them. Listen to this episode Download this episode Patreon supporters With the support of our patrons, we’re able to…
Aboriginal English has been around a long while, but linguists have not taken the opportunity to really listen to the voices of Aboriginal people. Two…
These cute critters, once part of a pioneering study in child language acquisition, have become an unofficial mascot of linguistics. But now they’re part of…
OzCLO is the Australian Computational and Linguistics Olympiad, where Australian high school students compete with others around the world by solving language puzzles. This week,…