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Tom Scott: Tom's Language Files
1 season • 2013 • Continuing
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Episodes
S01 | E01
Why Jonathan Ross Can´t Pronounce His Rs
May 24, 2013
S01 | E02
Fantastic Features We Don't Have In The English Language
May 31, 2013
S01 | E03
All The Colours, Including Grue: How Languages See Colours Differently
Jun 7, 2013
S01 | E04
Why You Swear in Anglo-Saxon and Order Fancy Food in French: Registers
Jun 14, 2013
S01 | E05
There's Nothing Wrong With Saying "10 Items or Less": Descriptivism vs Prescriptivism
Jun 21, 2013
S01 | E06
Ghoti and the Ministry of Helth: Spelling Reform
Jun 28, 2013
S01 | E07
Gender Neutral Pronouns: They're Here, Get Used To Them
Jul 5, 2013
S01 | E08
Mele Kalikimaka: Why You Can't Say "Christmas" in Hawaiian
Jul 12, 2013
S01 | E09
Why Do We Have "Ye Olde"? Obsolete Letters, and the Mysteries of Ye Olde Ming
Dec 4, 2013
S01 | E10
Adjectival Order: Why A "Big Red Balloon", not a "Red Big Balloon"?
Dec 11, 2013
S01 | E11
Why You Can Tweet More In Japanese: What Counts As A Character?
Dec 17, 2013
S01 | E12
Making Flaps Vibrate In Your Throat: Voicing
Dec 20, 2013
S01 | E13
Why Computers Suck At Translation
May 21, 2015
S01 | E14
Crash Blossoms and Being Drunk: Ambiguity
May 28, 2015
S01 | E15
Why Can't Adults Learn Languages Like Children?
Jun 4, 2015
S01 | E16
Long and Short Words: Language Typology
Jun 11, 2015
S01 | E17
What Counts as a Word?
Jun 18, 2015
S01 | E18
why typing like this is sometimes okay.
Jul 15, 2019
S01 | E19
Why “No Problem” Can Seem Rude: Phatic Expressions
Aug 5, 2019
S01 | E20
The Language Sounds That Could Exist, But Don't
Sep 2, 2019
S01 | E21
Can The Words You Read Change Your Behavior?
Dec 2, 2019
S01 | E22
Why Do We Move Our Hands When We Talk?
Dec 23, 2019
S01 | E23
The Sentences Computers Can't Understand, But Humans Can
Feb 17, 2020
S01 | E24
Abso-b████y-lutely: Expletive Infixation
Apr 13, 2020
S01 | E25
The Hidden Rules of Conversation
May 4, 2020
S01 | E26
Ə: The Most Common Vowel in English
May 25, 2020
S01 | E27
Which Is "Bouba", and Which Is "Kiki"?
Aug 24, 2020
S01 | E28
It’s pronounced GIF.
Oct 19, 2020
S01 | E29
How Many Languages Are There?
Dec 7, 2020
S01 | E30
Why Shakespeare Could Never Have Been French
Mar 22, 2021
S01 | E31
How languages steal words from each other
Sep 18, 2023
S01 | E32
there’dn’t’ve
Oct 16, 2023
S01 | E33
Does the language you speak change how you think?
Nov 6, 2023
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