A Funner Guide to Words with Anne Curzan

Linguist Anne Curzan has thoughts on your language pet peeves, including "these ones," "dilly-dally," and "sneaked" versus "snuck" (or would it be sneaked "versing" snuck?). She looks into historical examples of language changes that were once controversial and now are no bigs – and how we can be more kind by celebrating diversity in language rather than judging it. SHOW NOTES: Read the podcast transcript.   PHOTO: Author photo of Anne Curzan.   READ: Anne Curzan, Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words   LISTEN: That's What They Say podcast   WATCH: What makes a word "real"? TED Talk Jennifer Garner Corrects Conan's Grammar – Late Night with Conan O'Brien Whoever or Whomever? – The Office   EXPLORE: Google Books Ngram Viewer Lizzie Skurnick, "Grammando"  "Lincoln Riley Thinks Your Quiet" Richard Grant White  Thomas De Quincey  Samuel Rogers  George Lakoff  John McWhorter    Live event programmed by Michael Green Live event produced by Jesse Swanson Live event stage managed by Juju Laurie and Devonte Washington Live event produced and mixed by Jeff Kolar Podcast edited and mixed by Alisa Rosenthal Podcast story editing by Alexandra Quinn   Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chicago-humanities-tapes/id1534976656   Help shape the future of the podcast! Let us know what you think by taking the short survey: http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=1Pk_AtHDS9DU&ver=short   Donate now to support programs like this: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/donate/ Explore upcoming events: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/   Instagram • YouTube • TikTok • Twitter • Facebook • LinkedIn   JVJBWR8ZZAHVA0AV