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 Yuckwer.

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.

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The year is 1905 and France is undergoing seismic cultural change.

In the streets, horse-drawn carriages jockey for road space alongside shiny, new motorized

vehicles.

The legislature is about to pass a law officially separating church and state.

Women are still wearing corsets and they're also joining the workforce.

But on a rainy March day in the northern city of Amiens, the townspeople are preoccupied

with something else.

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