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The Word Nerds|Invented Language (55) Episode
Dave Shepherd revisits a couple of blend-word examples we overlooked last week: "celebutante" and "ruinion." (Thanks to Hillary Israeli.) (1:56)
Dave and Howard Shepherd discuss the challenges of trying to remain non-commercial for one year. Our anniversary was the day we recorded this show, March 21, 2006. (2:56)
Dave and Howard explore the realm of invented languages--languages artificially constructed for specific purposes. (Thanks to Kevin Thomas and Alexandre Enkerli for the topic suggestion.) (4:34)
Language that limits:
Parental code (8:24)
The created sub-languages of childhood (9:44)
Pig Latin (10:33)
Javanais (11:44)
Verlan (12:16)
Music bumper from "Telepop" by The Jerrys (13:26)
Codes:
Morse code, building codes, speech codes and double-talk (14:59)
Cryptology, shortwave number-code stations (16:28)
The Navajo "Code-Talkers" from World War II (18:03)
Song: "Code" by Brooks Newton (18:39)
Cockney rhyming slang (our source: Jeremy Alderton's Cockney Rhyming Slang Dictionary) (22:04)
Rude word of the week: "Donald Trump" (an example of Cockney rhyming slang, based on the name of the famous American tycoon and television reality-show star) (23:42)
Music bumper from "Trifle 3" by Fuzzy Logic (25:02)
Language that expands:
Fantasy languages: Elvish, Klingon (25:56)
Esperanto (27:05)
E-Prime (29:48)
Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network and GarageBand.com
Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 33:14
size: 22.9 Mb
rating: PG (Our Rude Word alludes to a mildly rude word for defecation.)
Categories: language, linguistics
[ Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:54:00 GMT ]
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