2: Mailbag of Iconoclasm
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language. - A podcast by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig SkirgÄrd

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Time to get to this Mailbag! Why are flip-flops called 'thongs'? When people write the date as '7 April' or 'April 7', do they also say it that way? Why do we add 'up' to verbs like 'cut up' or 'eat up'? Why do some words have opposite meanings?