Bonus Episode: LxAD LIVE @ CrossingsCon 2022 Linguistics After Dark

Wherein we #GiveLinguistsSwords. (Please note that this recording cut out a lot of background noise and claps/cheers, so if there is a weird volume jump up or down, that might be why.)



Jump right to:


00:04:42 Is syntax fake?


00:10:14 Favorite and least favorite words


00:23:48 How has profanity evolved with language?


00:34:40 What are the rules for onomatopoeia and how do they differ across languages?


00:41:13 What is lenition?


00:47:56 How do puns work in other languages?


01:02:15 What are fricatives?


01:02:33 The LxAD backstory


01:06:19 The first time we bring up L’Académie


01:08:12 Dead languages work poorly on the internet


01:12:44 Best stories of word mix-ups


01:18:12 How do colors work in different languages?


01:29:01 “It’s all Greek to me”


01:29:55 Where did the word orange come from?


01:31:36 Dialect-dependent homophones


01:34:56 What’s the most useless part of language?


01:40:29 Why is English spelling wonderful?


01:59:42 Sarah has to pronounce the hardest IPA sounds


02:07:30 The Thing At The End



Covered in this episode:


Kewpie mayo


That feeling you get when someone else is suffering and you’re just glad it’s not you


How to be rude and insulting but still G-rated


Translator love


SWORDS


On a scale of dead to Amish…


How to accidentally come on to someone in Spanish and ASL


Cappuccinos


Moose


Dessus vs. dessous





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And until next time… if you weren’t consciously aware of your tongue in your mouth, now you are :)