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Ben Schott: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Languages

Category: Arts
Duration: 00:38:20
Publish Date: 2025-10-07 23:01:00
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This week Sam is joined by Ben Schott, who many listeners will remember as the author of Schott's Miscellany, a world conquering gift book that appeared in every stocking for many years. He's back with what promises to be even more world conquering a book called Schott's Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language, in which Ben looks at all the idioms and idiolects of a very eclectic selection of communities.

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