A Word in Your Ear

Jun 19 2024 858

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Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex walks you through the linguistic mindfield, explaining the weird and wonderful aspects of English and many other languages.

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A Word in Your Ear: Written vs Spoken Languages

Jun 19 2024 28 mins

Are all written languages spoken? And are all spoken languages written?

A Word in Your Ear: Pub Names and Bar Chat

Jun 11 2024 24 mins

From The Churchill Arms to Ye Old Fighting Cocks, there's a whole "alien" language associated with pub talk.

A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Music

May 28 2024 34 mins

Music has the uncanny ability to be understood by anyone, anywhere. But why? And how did music develop its own kind of "language"?

A Word in Your Ear: Feminine and Gendered Language

May 21 2024 24 mins

From ships and professions to family structures and pronouns, Roly Sussex navigates the complex web of gendered language.

A Word in Your Ear: Weather Words with Jenny Woodward

May 14 2024 23 mins

Wind, clouds and rain... ABC's Roly Sussex discusses weather words alongside ABC TV Weather Presenter Jenny Woodward.

A Word in Your Ear: Catchy Phrases

May 07 2024 23 mins

Flat out like a lizard drinking! ABC's Roly Sussex discusses catchy phrases.

A Word In Your Ear: Phonetics and The Sounds of Language

Apr 30 2024 22 mins

Lips, tongue, teeth and cheeks... ABC's Roly Sussex discusses the sounds of language.

A Word In Your Ear: The Anzac Legacy in Language

Apr 23 2024 23 mins

Tell me a furphy... What is a brass razoo? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses language used during wartime.

A Word In Your Ear: New Words and The Yoghurt Debate

Apr 16 2024 27 mins

Omnishambles? Yoghurt? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses new words and how to pronounce yoghurt.

A Word In Your Ear: Avoidance Language and Rhyming Slang

Apr 09 2024 18 mins

A frog and toad for the road? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses avoidance language and rhyming slang.