Apostrophe S

Lexicon Valley

Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Possession is more or less about ownership, and we denote that in English by adding ’s to the end of a word. But of course there’s far more to the story than just that. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lexicon Valley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 252: "Apostrophe S." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Ryan Eggled from TV shows like New Amsterdam, The Blacklist, and of course, leave it to Beaver. You're on that? I was the Beaver. Didn't know. And I'm Adam Rose, an actor on TV, blue cardigan guy on your social medias, and Avid Speedwalker. We're the hosts of Small Stupid Stuff, an important new podcast from Studio 71. Ryan and I talk about the big issues, the heavy questions, pressing topics.
0:21.9	Like coffee date etiquette?
0:23.4	Best time to eat cereal.
0:24.9	And of course, whether you put your toilet paper over or under or around.
0:29.5	I don't know what around is.
0:30.9	I don't either, but I'm definitely an over man.
0:32.7	Yeah.
0:33.1	Every episode, we're joined by a celebrity guest who gives us their hottest takes on the stupidest,
0:38.7	smallest stuff.
0:39.6	Jocco Sims, Michelle Carrey, Alex Breckenridge, Pete Haversberger, Amber Childers.
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1:00.9	Stop.
1:04.3	From BookSmart Studios, this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.
1:12.7	I'm John McWhorter, and you know, the last episode I called it The Christmas Show,
1:17.2	but that really won't do.
1:19.2	Let's actually have some sort of Christmas feeling.
1:22.9	And, of course, the way we're going to do this is with my sweetie's favorite Christmas Carol,
1:29.1	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
1:31.6	Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
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