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03/12/24 • 57 min

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The Vocal Fries

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Curzan about her book Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words.

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Megan and Carrie talk with Dr Anne Curzan about her book Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words.

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The Vocal Fries - The Funnest Episode

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Megan : Hi, and welcome to the Vocal Fries podcast. The podcast about linguistic discrimination.
Carrie: I'm Carrie Gillon.
Megan : And I'm Megan Figueroa. Hey, Carrie. How's it going?
Carrie : Well, you know, it's all right.
Megan: It's all right. Yes. It's spring here. It's totally spring here. It's, oh, it's daylight savings time. So we're on the same, hour the same day.
Carrie : Again? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Meanwhile, it's like another winter here. Well, I think it's warmer a