91. Bonus 2018
The Allusionist
Helen Zaltzman
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2018
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Throughout the year, the people who appear on the Allusionist tell me a lot of interesting stuff. Not all of which is relevant to the episode they initially appeared in, so I stash it away in preparation for this moment: the annual bonus episode! Get ready for gory 19th century London slang, the rise and fall of superhero capes, the post-WW1 trend for nudism, and more.
Find out more about this episode at http://theallusionist.org/bonus2018.
There is one swear in this episode.
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| 1:24.4 | This is The Illusionist, in which I, Helen Zoltzman, heard linguistic cats. Today's |
| 1:30.0 | episode is the annual bonus illusionist, featuring outtakes from some of this year's guests, |
| 1:35.0 | saying things that were not necessarily related to the topic of the original episode, or even |
| 1:39.2 | related to language at all, but I thought, hmm, interesting, and file them away, until |
| 1:45.3 | this moment. This is not a typical episode of The Illusionist, so if this is your first |
| 1:50.5 | time here, welcome, and do try a few different episodes of the show to get a picture. This |
| 1:55.6 | year, there have been episodes about your names and superhero names, about how swearing |
| 2:00.6 | can be good for your health and so conviction, about tattoos and typing champions, about |
| 2:05.7 | how the drive to survive sent the Welsh language across an ocean and the Scots language |
| 2:10.0 | to hide at home, and many more episodes besides. Thanks so much for spending time with me |
| 2:15.2 | over 2018. There is one swear in this episode. Place your bets on which one? On with the show. |
| 2:28.0 | I first got introduced to language really when I was about eight and nine, and my grandparents |
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