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Bonus 110: The pink-collar labour of colour words - Part II with Kory Stamper | Lingthusiasm

Bonus 110: The pink-collar labour of colour words - Part II with Kory Stamper

The dedication at the beginning of TRUE COLOR by Kory Stamper is “For Margaret”. When we started reading it, we assumed that Margaret was someone important to Kory herself. But midway through, we got…

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Bonus 109: Skipping rhymes, counting chants, and fortune-telling games - Children’s oral culture | Lingthusiasm

Children have a shared culture that’s transmitted face-to-face in schoolyards, summer camps, and all sorts of places where kids do unstructured play with each other. These chants, rhymes, and games are known as childlore, and they’re one of the last vestiges of oral…

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Bonus 108: Collaborations, your latest pop ling reading list, and assigning ourselves IPA symbols - 2026 updates! | Lingthusiasm

Bonus 108: Collaborations, your latest pop ling reading list, and assigning ourselves IPA symbols - 2026 updates!

In this bonus episode, Lauren and Gretchen get enthusiastic about what we’ve been up to in 2025 and what’s coming up in 2026!…