Double Dutch

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4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Spectacular Vernacular, Ben Zimmer tells Nicole Holliday how he’s been brushing up his Dutch. They also interview Cindy Blanco, senior learning specialist for the online language-learning app, Duolingo. And finally, we invite a listener to play a quiz that looks at the Dutch roots of some English words. We hope you’re ready!! You could win a year’s membership to Slate Plus. Do you have any language questions or fun facts to share? Email us at [email protected]. Produced by Jasmine Ellis. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Duolingo blog. Subscribe to Slate Plus. It’s only $1 for the first month. To learn more, go to slate.com/spectacularplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hello, I'm Nicole Holiday, a linguistics professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
1:07.0	And I'm Ben Zimmer, language columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
1:10.0	And this is spectacular vernacular, a podcast where we not only explore language.
1:14.6	We also play with it.
1:16.2	This week our special guest is Dr. Cindy Blanco, senior learning scientist for the online
1:20.6	language learning tool Dueling Go.
1:23.0	And we're also going to quiz a listener on some wordplay involving English and Dutch.
1:28.0	Wow, Ben, is Dutch one of the languages you've studied?
1:31.7	EXPRAKE IN BEGCHANEDERLANDS.
1:34.2	That means I speak a little Dutch.
1:36.2	Very impressive.
1:37.2	Well, I just actually learned that on Dueling Go, I have to admit.
1:41.6	I've been brushing up on my Dutch lately.
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