Exploring the 'Funnest' Parts of Language with Anne Curzan

The birth of punctuation: from oral traditions to silent reading. Noun clusters. A wing wang in a mucket.

How to become a supercommunicator, with Charles Duhigg

Big changes in Associated Press style. The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' finale was catawampus. Bappy

Pet-Speak: From Meowlogisms to Zoomies. 'Imply' or 'Infer'?

You love to read. Could you narrate?

Memory, Aging, and the Lingering 'Anyways'

A nuclear win at the Oscars. CamelCase. One clo.

From grunts to grammar. The Irish 'after doing.' The winning NGD poem!

Where did our language start?

'Addictive' or 'addicting'? Types of nouns. Folley

Tracing the origins of Miami's new English. Why it's not a 'gumballs' machine. Embassy Sweets.

Taylor Swift Doesn't Need Your Grammatical Approval. In Love. Foil Lump Surprise.

'A' versus 'an.' 'Larruping' rides again. Euonyms. Flavoring.

From 'hwhat' to 'what': Tracing a letter's disappearing act. Barkhouse.

The listener show! (canceled, think, lettuce, funnily, episode numbers, at about, mangos, musgos)

Technology changes how we write. Who was the first Goody Two Shoes?

More than fluff: Understanding 'needless' words. Larruping. Chicken surprise.

The psychology (and language) of time. Commas are like people on the subway. Fox chores.

A rizzy word-of-the-year chat (with Jess Zafarris)