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Slate Debates

Billy and Me Went to the Store. Deal With It.

Slate Debates

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, News

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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John McWhorter on what the intricacies of the future tense tell us about the unwritten rules of pronouns. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:25.7

I'm New York City, this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.

1:29.8

I'm John McWater at Columbia University, I teach linguistics among other things, and

1:34.9

my book out this September is Words on the Move, Why English Can't and won't sit still

1:40.4

like literally.

1:42.3

Today I want to do a solo episode where I want to discuss a quirky issue that has always

1:49.8

fascinated me, and it starts with the fact that people often say that our language

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