In this episode, Amy is joined by a very special guest for a live, in-person and totally Canadian-less episode, featuring long-time listener and avid academic Word Nerd, Erin Bell!
Erin is currently pursuing a Masters degree in linguistics at Trinity College, Dublin, and just happened to be in bonnie Scotland, where schedules and stars aligned to have her and Amy meet up to record an episode where they got to talk about Erin's studies, focused on American English idioms, and in particular, the fantastical four opening words: Once Upon A Time!
Huge thanks to Erin, not only for taking time out of her studies and schedule to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with our show, but also for her years of listening, Patreon patronage, and general showboostery!
Lexitecture is a podcast about etymology (the linguistics study of the origin and history of words). In each normal, increasingly infrequent episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for you!
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Episode 129: Fine Film
Episode 128: Taskmaster Handicap
Episode 127: Pitch Harmony
Episode 125: Forget Flag
Episode 124: Frequent Folk
Episode 123: Every Cocktail
Episode 122: Quaint Dwang
Episode 121: Cataract Shed
Episode 120: Align, Malign, Benign
Episode 119: Christmas Winter
Episode 118: Cheesemonger Parade
Episode 117: Sloth Junk
Episode 116: Basic Harvest
Episode 115: Draw Queue
Episode 114: Secret Dazzle
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