EPISODE · May 11, 2021 · 27 MIN
The Shipping Forecast: Internet Fandom
from Word of Mouth · host BBC Radio 4
Gretchen McCulloch, Internet Linguist, author of Because Internet and the host of the Lingthusiasm podcast, talks to Michael Rosen about what it is to "ship" and how fandoms and other subcommunities online are changing the English language.Clip from 'Mans Not Nice' Michael Rosen remix credited to MisterLuccaProduced by Ellie Richold for BBC Audio in Bristol
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