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Watching: Otherwords
0.0•2021-03-24•1 Seasons
Season 1
Episode 8
Seasons
Episodes
EP 1
The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’
EP 2
What's the Longest Word?
EP 3
Can Computers Really Talk? Or Are They Faking It?
EP 4
What People Get Wrong About African-American English
EP 5
Popular Words Invented by Authors
EP 6
60 Euphemisms for Death!
EP 7
Is Swearing Good for Your Brain?
EP 8
How Do Clichés Evolve into Memes?
EP 9
The Screwed-Up History of English Spelling
EP 10
Pronouns: Little Words That Say a Lot
EP 11
Is Gossip... Good?
EP 12
Foreign Words We Need in English
EP 13
Is Bilingualism a Superpower?
EP 14
The Stories Behind Food Names
EP 15
Literally No One Likes a Grammar Cop
EP 16
Why Sign Language Was Banned in America
EP 17
How Brands Ruin Slang
EP 18
Is "R" a Vowel?
EP 19
Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names
EP 20
How English Took Over the World
EP 21
The Weird History of Invented Languages
EP 22
How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages
EP 23
What Brain Damage Reveals About Language
EP 24
Why Does Texting Feel Different from Talking?
EP 25
How the Colors Got Their Names
EP 26
The Most Extreme Place Names
EP 27
How Language Nerds Solve Crimes
EP 28
Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much?
EP 29
Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?
EP 30
Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones?
EP 31
Why Do Baby Names Fall Out of Fashion?
EP 32
How Cults Use Language to Control
EP 33
What Is Your Body Telling People?
EP 34
Why Is English Awash in Sailors' Jargon?
EP 35
You Were Probably Taught to Read Wrong
EP 36
Is English a Creole?
EP 37
Can TV Change the Way We Speak?
EP 38
The Ancient Origins of Body Words
EP 39
How Languages Die
EP 40
Why A.I. Struggles with Negative Words
EP 41
Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics
EP 42
Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From?
EP 43
These Magic Words Are REAL!
EP 44
Will Algorithmic Self-Censorship Unalive Language?
EP 45
Popular Word Origins That Are Totally WRONG
EP 46
The 2,000 Year Evolution of Punctuation
EP 47
How Brands Use Linguistics to Control Your Mind
EP 48
Why Linguists Love What's Happening with K-Pop
EP 49
Lying Is Way More Complicated Than You Think
EP 50
Why We All Disagree on How to Talk About Time
EP 51
Why Every Generation Uses This One Slang Word
EP 52
The Problem with Judges Acting Like Linguists
Overview
Digs deep into the quintessential human trait of language to find the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective into what it means to be human.