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Words on the Move
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Podcasts that mention Words on the Move by John McWhorter

No Stupid Questions episodes that mention Words on the Move by John McWhorter
Episode: 171. Where Is the Line Between Exaggeration and Lying? | No Stupid Questions
Published on November 13, 2023
There is this linguist, John McWhorter, he wrote a book, Words on the Move: Why English Won't and Can't Sit Still, and he talked about the very fact that words just change and dictionaries sort of set in our minds that language is going to be precise forever, and this is just what this word means, or this is how we say it.
Mike introduces the book 'Words on the Move', referencing the author John McWhorter, to discuss how language changes over time.
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