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63: Mailbag of Yeah-No (with Isabelle Burke)
· 1 h 28 min · Explicit
Episode 63: Mailbag of Yeah-No (with Isabelle Burke)
Just two words, but they do so much. But what exactly? Here to answer that question is Dr Isabelle Burke, who has studied yeah-no in depth. She's also going to help us with these Mailbag questions.
• Why is LIKE so resilient? • Why can we say "I very much enjoy…" but not "I much enjoy…" or "I very enjoy…"? • When is a loanword not a loanword? • Do word processors have a problem with singular THEY? • Why doesn't English have diacritics?
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