250 episodes
A Word in Your Ear ABC listen
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4.7 • 152 Ratings
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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: Catchy Phrases
Flat out like a lizard drinking! ABC's Roly Sussex discusses catchy phrases.
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A Word In Your Ear: Phonetics and The Sounds of Language
Lips, tongue, teeth and cheeks... ABC's Roly Sussex discusses the sounds of language.
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A Word In Your Ear: The Anzac Legacy in Language
Tell me a furphy... What is a brass razoo? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses language used during wartime.
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A Word In Your Ear: New Words and The Yoghurt Debate
Omnishambles? Yoghurt? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses new words and how to pronounce yoghurt.
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A Word In Your Ear: Avoidance Language and Rhyming Slang
A frog and toad for the road? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses avoidance language and rhyming slang.
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A Word in Your Ear: Advertising Language
Catchy slogans. Memorable jingles. ABC's Roly Sussex discusses advertising language and memorable catchphrases.
Customer Reviews
Five stars every time.
If you have any interest in the written and spoken language I highly recommend this program. I have listened for several years now on a weekly basis often repeating an episode several times and always come away informed and entertained. Roly you are great!
G/day
Great show and I have learned a lot about our language . Thanks Roley .
Fascinated by language
Roly is a star, so informed and knowledgeable I feel intimidated!
Love listening to his podcasts and love not having to suffer through adverts. Well done Roly!