Episode 124: Kids try Bowling and Professor of sociolinguistics Valerie Fridland

A weekend full of kids and fun. We decided to take all 3 boys out to have a good time at Viejas Outlets. We were planning on doing some roller skating at the outdoor rink, but the boys wanted to go bowling instead. So Kris against the 3 boys on in a bowling game. They all had so much fun as it turned out Mason and Jacob have both never bowled before. Later we are joined by Valerie Fridland. A professor of sociolinguistics and an expert on the relationship between language and society. With a PhD in linguistics, Valerie is Professor and former Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Nevada in Reno. An expert on the relationship between language and society, her work has appeared in numerous academic journals and she is co-author of the book Sociophonetics. Valerie also speaks and writes widely for a popular audience. Her language blog, Language in the Wild, appears in Psychology Today and her general audience lecture series, Language and Society, is featured with The Great Courses. She is working on her first book for a popular audience, tentatively titled I Hate When You Say That!, coming out with Viking/Penguin. She has appeared as a language expert on a variety of media outlets such as CBS News, NPR and Newsy’s The Why and regularly appears on podcasts and radio shows such as The Elegant Warrior, The Mentor Project, Walkmymind, Room 104 and The Torch. https://www.valeriefridland.com/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/valerie-fridland-phd https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-fridland-0b29b5209/ http://www.krisandkristineshow.com https://www.kristinesmithdesigns.com/ Email: krisandkristinepodcast@gmail.com Voice Mail: https://www.speakpipe.com/KrisandKristineShow Twitter: https://twitter.com/k2showsandiego Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thek2showsandiego/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/k2showsandiego Patreon: www.patreon.com/thekrisandkristineshow