Zombie English
From vocabulary to grammar, long-dead elements of the language still haunt our everyday speech.
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Episode Notes
As language evolves, words and meanings—and even parts of our grammar—become obsolete or die out completely. Or so we thought. Undead elements of English lurch zombielike throughout our everyday speech.
Podcast production by Mike Vuolo.