A Word in Your Ear

Jan 20 2025 248 ep. 24 mins 911
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Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex from the University of Queensland discusses the wonderful and odd aspects of English and many other languages.

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A Word in Your Ear: Articulation & Speech Patterns

Jan 20 2025 22 mins  
It's an age old question: 'Haitch' or 'Aitch'? What do the differences in how we pronounce words say about us?

A Word in Your Ear: New Year & Christmas Alliteration

Jan 01 2025 18 mins  
Now that the festive season is done, its time to pack up the decorations, put away leftover wrapping paper and store this year's Christmas cards.

A Word in Your Ear: Giving & Philanthropy

Nov 20 2024 21 mins  
Roly Sussex explores the origins of giving, and words like philanthropy, donations and charity.

A Word in Your Ear: Acronyms & Initialisms

Nov 13 2024 22 mins  
What's the difference between Qantas and the ATO? Roly Sussex will take you into the strange world of acronyms and initialisms.

A Word in Your Ear: Americanisms

Nov 06 2024 23 mins  
Americanisms have had such an impact on our language that ABC's Roly Sussex has recorded over 10,000 of them.

A Word in Your Ear: Spooky Words

Oct 30 2024 25 mins  
Boo! From witches to wicca, Roly Sussex peeks behind the curtain of words like ghosts, spectres, Halloween and haunts.

A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Democracy

Oct 23 2024 23 mins  
With US elections on the horizon, Roly Sussex investigates the language of democracy.

A Word in Your Ear: Italian Cuisine

Oct 16 2024 25 mins  
It's the delicious language of Italy on the menu tonight.

A Word in Your Ear: Echo Phrases

Oct 09 2024 22 mins  
Are you feeling tip-top, hoity-toity or namby-pamby today? Roly investigates the curiosities of echo phrases.

A Word in Your Ear: Onomatopoeia

Oct 02 2024 25 mins  
Do dogs go "whoof, whoof", "ruff, ruff" or "wan, wan"? Roly Sussex explores the origins of onomatopoeia.