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.

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On July 29th, 2017, and all the roads in France are loaded with traffic.

It's the middle of France's most beloved tradition, a two or three week long summer vacation

French people call, Les Grande Vacances.

But to take their summer vacation, they must drive down Lotto-Route de vacances, the

vacation highway, and traffic can be brutal.

The summer on the roads of France is completely crazy.

All the French take their vacation at this moment of the year.

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