105 Episoade

  1. 23. How the Ladybug Got Its Name

    Publicat: 13.01.2021
  2. 22. Words That Are Their Own Opposites

    Publicat: 06.01.2021
  3. A Holiday Greeting

    Publicat: 23.12.2020
  4. 21. Oops: Words Born Out of Mistakes

    Publicat: 16.12.2020
  5. 20. Is it a '180' or a '360'?

    Publicat: 09.12.2020
  6. 19. The Word of the Year 2020

    Publicat: 30.11.2020
  7. 18. Is 'try and' a proper use? Plus More Listener Questions

    Publicat: 25.11.2020
  8. 17. How to Read a Dictionary Entry

    Publicat: 18.11.2020
  9. 16. 'Contact' and 'Impact': Acceptable verbs?

    Publicat: 11.11.2020
  10. 15. Why are American and British English different?

    Publicat: 04.11.2020
  11. 14. Everything Is 'Awesome.' Or is it?

    Publicat: 28.10.2020
  12. 13. What's up with 'biweekly'? And Other Listener Questions

    Publicat: 21.10.2020
  13. 12. A Collection of Obscure Words for People Who Annoy You

    Publicat: 14.10.2020
  14. 11. Can something be 'very unique'?

    Publicat: 07.10.2020
  15. How *Not* to Start a Sentence

    Publicat: 30.09.2020
  16. 9. In Defense of 'Like'

    Publicat: 23.09.2020
  17. 8. A Collection of Obscure Words That Are Pretty Much Useless

    Publicat: 16.09.2020
  18. 7. 'Matriculate': A Word on the Move

    Publicat: 09.09.2020
  19. 6. Sorry, But Shakespeare Didn't Create That Word

    Publicat: 02.09.2020
  20. 5. 'Scofflaw': An Invented Word That Made It

    Publicat: 26.08.2020

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