Language supposedly has all these rules.

Most of us never have to think about those rules, but the hidden hand of language guides

nearly every interaction we have with other people, determining whether we connect, entertain,

confuse, insult, or dazzle the people we communicate with.

In Radio Lingo, the new podcast from Duo Lingo and Crooked Media, we explore how language

shapes our world and how our world shapes language.

I'm Amadella Yuckbure.

I'm an audio journalist and James Beard Award winning writer.

I am an awe-void language.

It's complexity and it's simplicity.

The way we can use it to create both distance and understanding.

I'm going to be your guide.

Join us as we take you on a linguistic journey.

From Crooked Media and Duo Lingo, this is Radio Lingo.

New episodes of Tuesdays on your favorite podcast apps.

Zahat Summer Day in 1991 and 10-year-old Eloise Boireux is in the car with her parents,

her sister, and her brother.

They're driving through the third largest city in France, Lyon, and they are stuck in

traffic.

Snail-paced, mind-numbing traffic.

Staring at the endless rows of cars lurching forward and crawling to a stop,

Eloise has a realization.

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