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Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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John McWhorter applies linguistic analysis to Looney Tunes. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to meditation mindset. Time spent alone is the most important.
0:06.3	Sir, guys, are you still in the bath?
0:08.3	Yes, I'm listening to my podcast.
0:10.8	Can I come in?
0:12.0	Ah! No! No!
0:13.4	Just need to grab the core clippers. Don't worry, I'll cover my eyes.
0:16.6	What? Whoa!
0:18.8	Stop! Look at the falling!
0:22.6	I'm still not looking!
0:24.2	And I'm not listening to my podcast.
0:26.8	Don't want batting.
0:28.1	Meerkatting.
0:29.1	Simple, huh?
0:30.1	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:38.4	From New York City, this is Luxicon Valley, a podcast about language, but this episode is
0:45.8	going to be a podcast about loony tunes.
0:48.8	Yes, Twitter sometimes twits me that what I really want to do is a podcast about Broadway,
0:54.5	but to tell you the truth in an alternate universe, I do a podcast where I did one loony
0:58.5	tune each week and just spilled, basically.
1:02.2	Slate, that's not a hint.
1:03.2	I know that we would get about seven downloads a week and my sabbatical is almost over
1:07.3	one show is enough, but loony tunes are one of my favorite things, as you've probably
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