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Lexicon Valley
A close examination of language — its power to inform and misinform, to elucidate and obfuscate — from renowned Columbia University linguistics professor John McWhorter. A true polymath, McWhorter analyzes the words and phrases that dominate our

What a Young Brain Can Do

It’s tempting to imagine that a sentence wi...

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: 37 minutes : 11-Nov-2022

What Do You Talk?

The book and lyrics of The Music Man are repl...

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: 28 minutes : 29-Oct-2022

The Problem With You

English used to have a more or less typical a...

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: 29 minutes : 14-Oct-2022

The Rodney Dangerfield Pronoun

Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was fond of intro...

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: 33 minutes : 28-Sep-2022

Is Negro a Slur or Just Antiquated?

The racial reckoning of the past several year...

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: 34 minutes : 13-Sep-2022

One Is the Loneliest Number

Only, lonely, alone and even atone all derive...

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: 30 minutes : 31-Aug-2022

Throw Up, Turn Out & Believe

Words like chit-chat, pitter-patter and wishy...

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: 45 minutes : 16-Aug-2022

Why Fidget Poppers Are "Satisfying"

What does the proliferation of so-called ASMR...

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: 38 minutes : 02-Aug-2022

Why Do We Dot Our i's?

As a guest on The Late Show, John told Stephe...

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: 32 minutes : 19-Jul-2022

You Are SO Articulate. Really.

Do you remember learning — in grade school ...

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: 38 minutes : 06-Jul-2022

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