On the TED Radio Hour, MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle,

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Radio Hour from NPR. Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us

Click and Clack the Tappert brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the

Center for English Language Studies here at Car Talk Plaza. Now as you know

we have been trying in recent weeks to rid the English language of the unfortunate

proliferation of French words.

You might explain why we're doing it.

Well, we're simply trying to level the playing field, as they say. Now they declared I guess a year or so ago

they declared war on all words foreign words especially English or American origin and

we simply suggested that in return we differentify our language.

Tit for TAT, you might say.

Yes, indeed. I mean, why do we have to put up with these sorrys excuses for Americans? That's right. So for instance we will no longer eat

quaçons. We will eat chrysants. And here are several other excellent

suggestions from two good old American listeners of ours, Dave and Joe.

Hit it, Tommy!

Well, here it is, you're right, it's two guys, David Thomas from Chapel Hill and

plain old Joe, he says.

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