# 94: Mailbag of Sextillion and Three

An episode of [Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392), 18 Mar 2024, 1 h 17 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/94_Mailbag_of_Sextillion_and_Three.mp3?dest-id=897956

Dr Kelly Wright is helping us understand the link between public health and language maintenance. And she's helping us with our voluminous Mailbag! • Why can you have a TRIFECTA, but not any other number -FECTA? • Why does a SEXTILLION (with a prefix meaning six) have seven chunks of zeros? • What do CHOPSTICKS have to do with chopping? • And what's the -ER in words like RUBBER, AFTER, and TEMPER?

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