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Is a burrito a sandwich? Is ravioli? What about an ice cream sandwich...? So wait, does any word mean anything anymore? Have we just broken language?? It's okay, linguistics has a solution! In this episode we solve the problem with definitions! soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm/1…

To celebrate our 100th episode we put together 100 of our favourite fun facts about linguistics! Join us for this past episode as we talk about brains, gesture, etymology, famous example sentences, a few cool facts about the word “hundred” and way more lingthusiasm.com/post/772874257…

We've made a tongue-in-cheek quiz that transforms your answers to questions like "You're about to start a massive Lingthusiasm listening marathon. Pick a beverage to sustain you" into a Highly Accurate Window Into Your Personality bit.ly/lingthusiasmqu…

A rabbit scurries by, and someone points at it and says "Gavagai!" Do they mean "rabbit", "scurrying creature", or even "lo, undetached rabbit parts!"? Pay tribute to this classic linguistic thought experiment from WVO Quine in our Gavagai merch redbubble.com/i/pouch/Gavaga…

If it wouldn’t be too much trouble, if you have a spare half hour, could we possibly suggest that you might enjoy listening to our past episode on politeness? Or, if you’d prefer a less polite version, “Listen! Now!” lingthusiasm.com/post/770341545…