250 episodes
A Word in Your Ear ABC listen
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- Society & Culture
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: 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.
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A Word in Your Ear: Weather Words and Easter
The Easter Bunny? It's raining cats and dogs? ABC's Roly Sussex discusses weather phrases and the origins of Easter.
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A Word in Your Ear: Phrase Verbs and the Strange Origins of 'Get'
Hang in there. Get over it. Put up with it. How did these peculiar and 'improper' phrases come to pervade the English language?
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A Word in Your Ear: Sports Idioms
Football or soccer? From kicking goals to putting the ball in their court, Roly Sussex discusses his favourite sports idioms.