120 Episodes

  1. TWTS: The expressionless expression of "deadpan"

    Published: 3/9/2025
  2. TWTS: Whenever you say "whenever"

    Published: 2/28/2025
  3. TWTS: One hundred is worth a hundred

    Published: 2/22/2025
  4. TWTS: Not all sounds resonate

    Published: 2/17/2025
  5. TWTS: When a sweep gets clean

    Published: 2/10/2025
  6. TWTS: May as well get comfortable with "comfortability"

    Published: 2/3/2025
  7. TWTS: If you find “the lurch,” don’t stick around

    Published: 1/25/2025
  8. TWTS: Where did that pit in your stomach come from?

    Published: 1/18/2025
  9. TWTS: The American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year

    Published: 1/13/2025
  10. TWTS: When language gets spicy

    Published: 1/6/2025
  11. TWTS: There are reasons to use "there are" before a plural, and there's reasons to use "there's"

    Published: 12/29/2024
  12. TWTS: The "doink" heard 'round the stadium

    Published: 12/23/2024
  13. TWTS: Reach out and ping someone

    Published: 12/16/2024
  14. TWTS: A quintessential enough guide to "quintessential"

    Published: 12/8/2024
  15. TWTS: The not-so-ordinary world of "ordinary" and "ornery"

    Published: 12/1/2024
  16. TWTS: Dilly dallying in the lightning round

    Published: 11/24/2024
  17. TWTS: Language pet peeves don't always stand the test of time

    Published: 11/17/2024
  18. TWTS: "These ones" made the lightning round

    Published: 11/11/2024
  19. TWTS: We've seen a change with "sea change"

    Published: 11/4/2024
  20. TWTS: The touchy third rail

    Published: 10/28/2024

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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.