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3. Lexicon valley is a good podcast for linguistic discussion

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Jul 20, 2021, 09:08 AM

Jul 2021

https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley

He talks about the mouth.... how sounds that are hard to pronounce move forward in the mouth over the centuries. Pronunciation gets sloppier!

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is there a law of linguistics that says words change to what is easier to pronounce? [View all] raccoon Jul 2021 OP

Yeah, sort of... JackintheGreen Jul 2021 #1

The original pronunciation 'ka-nig-it' was way too hard. zuul Jul 2021 #4

Interesting observation sorcrow Jul 2021 #2

Lexicon valley is a good podcast for linguistic discussion viva la Jul 2021 #3

Lexicon valley new link viva la Jul 2021 #5

Metathesis. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2021 #6

An example that's happening now -- enough Jul 2021 #7

Going to -- gonna n/t JackintheGreen Jul 2021 #8

Ask Worchester sauce...N/T flotsam Jul 2021 #9