Michael shares listeners' stories about the words and phrases passed down in their families that they keep using, and what they mean to them. With Rob Drummond, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Met University, and author of You’re All Talk: why we are what we speak. Producer Beth O'Dea, BBC Audio Bristol
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Metaphors
Anglo Saxon
The Language of Science
Gabriel Gbadamosi
Philosophy in English
Vikings
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The most powerful word
The First Language
Raymond Antrobus
Romani
The Language of Comics
Jeffrey Boakye on black-related words
Biscuit Names
Listen and learn: how to make better conversation
Dyslexia
Talk of the Town: How Places Got Their Names
Solving crime with forensic linguistics
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The Modern West
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Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
You’re Dead to Me
Elis James and John Robins