Word Matters

105 Episodes

1. The Words We Mispronounce

   Published: 6/2/2021
2. The Language of Spy and Detective Stories

   Published: 5/26/2021
3. Is it 'further' or 'farther'?

   Published: 5/19/2021
4. 40. A 'Wicked' Good Episode

   Published: 5/12/2021
5. 39. A Lexical History of 'Jazz'

   Published: 5/5/2021
6. 38. What Is a Learner's Dictionary?

   Published: 4/28/2021
7. 37. Can You End a Sentence with a Preposition?

   Published: 4/21/2021
8. 36. On Jane Austen's Use of 'Condescension'

   Published: 4/14/2021
9. 35. 'Fewer' vs. 'Less'

   Published: 4/7/2021
10. 34. What Is a 'Retronym'?

    Published: 3/31/2021
11. 33. Tracing the Origins of Famous Phrases

    Published: 3/24/2021
12. 32. The Story of the Backward Index

    Published: 3/17/2021
13. 31. Why Is It Called an 'Adam's Apple'?

    Published: 3/10/2021
14. 30. How We Wrote Our Bilingual Dictionaries

    Published: 3/3/2021
15. 29. There Is No Such Thing as "The Dictionary"

    Published: 2/24/2021
16. 28. The Onomatopoeia Episode

    Published: 2/17/2021
17. 27. What's the Longest Word in the Dictionary?

    Published: 2/10/2021
18. How do you pronounce 'often'?

    Published: 2/3/2021
19. 25. New Words in the Dictionary

    Published: 1/27/2021
20. 24. Questions from You

    Published: 1/20/2021