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Say What?

Mary Norris on The New Yorker's comma queen; Erin McKean on making up new words; Gina Cooke on why there is a B in doubt; Bob Wiltfong explains how to take the BS out of business speak; Mark Forsyth gives a short lesson in political speak.

S1, EP5

"Evolution's Great Mystery: Language"; "Who Counts as a Speaker of a Language?"; "How Interpreters Juggle Two Languages at Once"; "How I'm Using Lego to Teach Arabic"; "A History of Indigenous Languages -- and How to Revitalize Them."

S1, EP4

"What Makes a Word Real?" with Anne Curzan; "One of the Most Difficult Words to Translate" with Krystian Aparta; "Beautiful New Words to Describe Obscure Emotions" with John Koenig; "What Do All Languages Have in Common?" with Cameron Morin.