Dr. Johnson

Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Dictionaries, depression, a doctorate and a 311th birthday to celebrate…can you guess? Oh yes, this week Susie and Gyles are saluting one of their literary heroes: Doctor Samuel Johnson! We will journey from Litchfield to London and whilst liaising with the literary greats of the day (and falling in love) we will discover how Johnson's desire to halt the degradation of the English language gave us his dictionary. A tumultuous tale involving embryos, rants, hiccups and kisses and a trip to the brothel (not by Johnson himself, of course!) and a tale that has put him amongst one of the most important people in the history of recording language. A Somethin’ Else production. If you would like to nominate your word for ‘that’ sound that older people make when they sit down or stand up, or if you have any other questions for Susie and Gyles, you can get in touch at [email protected] Susie’s Trio: Psittacism - meaningless or mechanical repetition of words and phrases Exfamiliation - exclusion from ones family Scrouging - inconvenience or discomfort someone by standing too close to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.7	Hello and welcome to another episode of Something Rhymes with Bubble.
0:47.6	This is a time in your life when I hope you can escape the world outside.
0:52.0	You may be confused by all the messages coming from on a high about how we're supposed
0:56.5	to cope with the latest outbursts in the pandemic, but don't worry, if you've been following
1:00.9	what's going on, you simply haven't been listening properly.
1:03.7	And the idea is that it is confusing.
1:05.7	But we, I hope, won't be confusing because we're going to talk about words and language.
1:08.8	I say it's not just me, it's principally my friend Susie Dent.
1:13.1	Hello.
1:14.1	How are you Susie?
1:15.1	I'm okay actually.
1:16.1	We say hello because we're not in the same room.
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