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EPISODE · Oct 2, 2017 · 27 MIN

Are we all speaking football?

from Word of Mouth · host BBC Radio 4

Lifelong Arsenal supporter Michael Rosen and football-uninterested Dr Laura Wright talk to Adam Hurrey about the language, and in particular, the clichés of football. Football is a linguistic microclimate, with coinages shooting into everyday speech: back of the net! Producer Sally Heaven.

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