Season 3
How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages
What are "argots" or what some call "verbal jazz", and how is it used across the globe?
How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages
The Weird History of Invented Languages
Can you really invent a language? So how does one...do it?
The Weird History of Invented Languages
How English Took Over the World
How did English become the most widely spoken language in the world?
How English Took Over the World
Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names
Let’s take a deep dive into the etymology of alcohol.
Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names
R is an incredibly weird letter; it's a wonder that we use one symbol to represent them.
Is "R" a Vowel?
What makes a word slang, and why does it sound so weird when companies use it?
How Brands Ruin Slang
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