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That's What They Say

Anne Curzan, Rebecca Hector
That's What They Say
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  • That's What They Say

    TWTS: The wonky journey of "wonky"

    12/06/2026 | 5 min
    There’s more than one way to be wonky, and not all of them are bad.
  • That's What They Say

    TWTS: Are we canceling adverbs?

    05/06/2026 | 5 min
    Adverbs don’t always get a lot of love, captured powerfully in the writing tip “Abolish the adverbs.”
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    TWTS: Scrimping, skimping, and the degrees of frugality

    29/05/2026 | 4 min
    We scrimp and we save, and we skimp and we still save, which makes one wonder whether scrimping is different from skimping
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    TWTS: From fishmongers to warmongers - and warmongerers

    22/05/2026 | 5 min
    Cheesemongers sell cheese, and gossipmongers usually start the gossip or spread it, rather than sell it.
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    TWTS: The death of doornails

    15/05/2026 | 4 min
    Many of us don’t talk about doornails very often, but sometimes we will when things are really, well, dead.
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Funner, snuck, and LOL are all things that we're hearing people say these days.That's What They Say is a weekly segment on Michigan Public that explores our changing language. University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan studies linguistics and the history of the English language. Each week she'll discuss why we say what we say with Michigan Public All Things Considered host Rebecca Hector.That's What They Say airs Fridays at 4:45 p.m. and Sundays at 9:35 a.m. on Michigan Public and you can podcast it here.Do you have an English or grammar question? Ask us here!
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