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Otherwords
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The English language is chock full of sailing jargon but why is that?
Why Do Some Names Fall Out of Fashion
Otherwords digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective into what it means to be human.
Why Do Some Names Fall Out of Fashion
Season 4 Episode 5 | 7m 14s | CC
When linguists in Georgia published a study showing that young Georgians have different accents than their parents, headlines sprung up all over declaring that the drawls and y’alls of the Southern American dialect are on their way out. But is it really possible for an accent to vanish? And what’s causing younger southerners to change the way they speak?
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