Avsnitt Words You Just Don't Say with Language Taboo Linguist Professor Randall Eggert Profoundly Pointless Spela Dela
In every language there are words you just don’t say. They can be about sex, religion, food or even your mother-in-law. In this episode of Profoundly Pointless we explore the fascinating history and controversial present of language taboos with Professor Randall Eggert. We talk the biggest current language taboos, historical language taboos and language taboos that are forming today. 00:00 Introducing Professor Randall Eggert 01:28 Language Taboos 06:03 The Biggest Language Taboos 08:33 Language Taboos that Have Faded Away 11:53 Historical Language Taboo 13:58 The Next Language Taboo Contact the Show Professor Randall Eggert YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rss Apple Podcaster →