
About this podcast
Words for Granted is a podcast that looks at how words change over time. Host Ray Belli uses linguistic evolution as a way of understanding larger historical and cultural changes.
131 episodes · education
Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast
About this podcast
Words for Granted is a podcast that looks at how words change over time. Host Ray Belli uses linguistic evolution as a way of understanding larger historical and cultural changes.
Recent episodes
- The Oxford Comma Debate: Interview with Jay Stookesbery27 Jul · 43 min
- The Simplified Spelling Movement: Interview with Gabe Henry22 Jun · 37 min
- The Proto-Indo-European Puzzle: Interview with Laura Spinney11 May · 50 min
- The Science and History of English Accents: Interview with Valerie Fridland20 Apr · 46 min
- The History of the Alphabet: Interview with Danny Bate17 Mar · 45 min
- Lessons on Language with the Grammar Girl (Mignon Fogerty)2 Jan 2024 · 32 min
- The Marvels of Translation: Interview with Keith Khan-Harris8 Jul 2023 · 38 min
- The Power (and Omnipresence) of Rhetoric: Interview with Guy Doza20 May 2023 · 50 min
- A Defense of "Bad" English: Interview with Valerie Fridland27 Apr 2023 · 50 min
- Learning New Languages: Interview with Rob Paterson19 Mar 2023 · 33 min