A Word in Your Ear Podcast
1) A Word in Your Ear: CB Radio Slang
From "10-4" to "hammer down", Professor Roly Sussex unlocks the secret language of the roads.
2) A Word in Your Ear: French Influences
Professor Roly Sussex takes us on a journey through history and language to explore France's lasting influence on the English vocabulary.
3) A Word in Your Ear: Words of the Kitchen
Have you ever thought about why we call the objects in our kitchen whatever we call them?
4) A Word in Your Ear: Female Phrasing
Professor Roly Sussex unpacks the different ways women communicate, and how these contrasts emerged.
5) A Word in Your Ear: Analysing the Alphabet
Professor Roly Sussex discusses the origins and uses of our 26 letters, and explains why we don't use a phonetic alphabet.
6) A Word in Your Ear: Languages of Papua New Guinea
Professor Roly Sussex is joined by ABC Radio Australia presenter Michael Chow, who speaks two and a half Papua New Guinean languages.
7) A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Advertising
Professor Roly Sussex unpacks the language of some of the most successful adverts and why they have stood the test of time.
8) A Word in Your Ear: Hedging
Do you call a spade a spade, or do you prefer to be a bit more gentle with the things you say? Professor Roly Sussex explores the use of hedging and why it's so common in the English language.
9) A Word in Your Ear: Insults of Yesteryear
Professor Roly Sussex explores how new insults have emerged and why some have disappeared from our vocabulary.
10) A Word in Your Ear: Food Phrases
Food isn't just something we eat, it's something we speak. Professor Roly Sussex takes a bite out of the language of food, exploring the different flavour of phrases across cultures.