When Being Done Replaced Doing

Lexicon Valley

Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2012

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

As a language evolves, words, phrases and even whole tenses fall in and out of fashion. And then, every once in a while, a whole new way of expressing a particular thought will emerge seemingly out of nowhere and eventually win the day. That’s what happened over the course of the 19th century with the “progressive passive,” which took on a construction known as the “passival” and muscled it completely out of the English language. Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield discuss what’s arguably the biggest change in our language since Shakespeare. Twitter: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Ryan Eggled from TV shows like New Amsterdam, The Blacklist, and of course, leave it to Beaver. You're on that? I was the Beaver. Didn't know. And I'm Adam Rose, an actor on TV, blue cardigan guy on your social medias, and Avid Speedwalker. We're the hosts of Small Stupid Stuff, an important new podcast from Studio 71. Ryan and I talk about the big issues, the heavy questions, pressing topics.
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1:04.3	From Washington, D.C., this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.
1:14.4	I'm Bob Garfield with Mike Volo, and today, episode number 11, titled When Being Done, Replaced, Doing,
1:21.9	wherein we discuss the biggest change to the English language that you've never heard of.
1:32.7	Music change to the English language that you've never heard of. Hey, Mike.
1:33.8	Hey, Bob.
1:34.7	How are you doing?
1:35.2	How are your travels?
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