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Word of Mouth Episodes

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    Like, Totally Awesome: The Americanisation of English

    Michael Rosen on the Americanisation of English, with Lynne Murphy and Matthew Engel.

  2. Emoji: The Future of Language?

    Is emoji really the world's fastest-growing language? Michael Rosen finds out.

  3. Intonation: The Music of Speaking

    Michael Rosen explores the tunes we sing when we are speaking, without even realising it.

  4. Pet or Pest? The revealing words we use about animals, and dog names

    Michael Rosen on the language we use to talk about animals - and the names we give dogs.

  5. Words Roadshow in Birmingham

    Michael Rosen discusses interesting family words and phrases with listeners in Birmingham.

  6. Susie Dent on Language

    Michael Rosen talks to Countdown's Susie Dent about her love of words and language.

  7. Reading: The Science and the Pleasure

    大象传媒 LovetoRead campaign: Michael Rosen on the pleasure of and the science behind reading.

  8. Snotrils and Jumpolines: Kids' Invented Words

    Michael Rosen on the creative use and misuse of language by children.

  9. Small Talk

    Michael Rosen talks to psychotherapist Philippa Perry about the importance of small talk.

  10. Directions: North South East and West

    Michael Rosen uncovers how people talk and think about directions in different languages.

  11. Lost Words and Secret Connections

    Michael Rosen on discovering lost words and finding hidden linguistic connections.

  12. Break Ups and Brexit

    The language of making and breaking relationships.

  13. Punctuation

    Michael Rosen talks to Keith Houston about punctuation symbols and how they came to exist.

  14. Andrew Graham-Dixon on the naming of art movements

    Michael Rosen and Andrew Graham-Dixon on the naming of art movements and what it tells us.

  15. Snuck and Sung: Irregular Verbs

    Michael Rosen explores the verbs that are called irregular, and how they came to be.

  16. Roald Dahl's Language

    Michael Rosen on a new Roald Dahl dictionary collecting the amazing words he invented.

  17. PR - How Not To Do It

    Michael Rosen on the words used in PR that have been rated as the most annoying. Iconic...

  18. Metaphors for the Past: From Dinosaurs to Victorian Values

    Michael Rosen on how we talk about historical eras in order to define how we live now.

  19. House Names

    Michael Rosen talks to Dr Laura Wright about her new research on popular house names.

  20. Steven Pinker on Language

    Steven Pinker joins Michael Rosen to talk about his love of, and life in, language.

  21. Tip of the Tongue

    Michael Rosen on one of the most frustrating language states: tip of the tongue.

  22. Talking or Texting?

    Michael Rosen on research into the emotional effects of different kinds of communication.

  23. Mouthpiece: Turning the Spoken Word into Songs

    Michael Rosen hears about a project to turn interviews recorded in Parliament into songs.

  24. Taking Turns in Conversation

    Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss how we take it in turns to talk, in conversation.

  25. The Top 20 Words in English

    Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide listeners through the 20 most commonly used words.

  26. How Shakespeare Spoke

    Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke.

  27. Slang

    What is slang? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with Jonathon Green.

  28. Language Evolution: A Gene for Language?

    Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.

  29. Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Latin names for animals and plants

    Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.

  30. The Alphabet

    Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet.

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