That's What They Say
A podcast by Anne Curzan, Rebecca Kruth
120 Episodes
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TWTS: The expressionless expression of "deadpan"
Published: 3/9/2025 -
TWTS: Whenever you say "whenever"
Published: 2/28/2025 -
TWTS: One hundred is worth a hundred
Published: 2/22/2025 -
TWTS: Not all sounds resonate
Published: 2/17/2025 -
TWTS: When a sweep gets clean
Published: 2/10/2025 -
TWTS: May as well get comfortable with "comfortability"
Published: 2/3/2025 -
TWTS: If you find “the lurch,” don’t stick around
Published: 1/25/2025 -
TWTS: Where did that pit in your stomach come from?
Published: 1/18/2025 -
TWTS: The American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year
Published: 1/13/2025 -
TWTS: When language gets spicy
Published: 1/6/2025 -
TWTS: There are reasons to use "there are" before a plural, and there's reasons to use "there's"
Published: 12/29/2024 -
TWTS: The "doink" heard 'round the stadium
Published: 12/23/2024 -
TWTS: Reach out and ping someone
Published: 12/16/2024 -
TWTS: A quintessential enough guide to "quintessential"
Published: 12/8/2024 -
TWTS: The not-so-ordinary world of "ordinary" and "ornery"
Published: 12/1/2024 -
TWTS: Dilly dallying in the lightning round
Published: 11/24/2024 -
TWTS: Language pet peeves don't always stand the test of time
Published: 11/17/2024 -
TWTS: "These ones" made the lightning round
Published: 11/11/2024 -
TWTS: We've seen a change with "sea change"
Published: 11/4/2024 -
TWTS: The touchy third rail
Published: 10/28/2024
That's What They Say is a weekly segment on Michigan Public that explores our changing language. Each week University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan will discuss why we say what we say with Michigan Public Weekend Edition host Rebecca Kruth.