PRI's The World: The World in Words
Summary: The World in Words with Patrick Cox focuses on language. We decode diplospeak and lay bare nationalist rants. And as English extends its global reach, we track the blowback from the world's 6,000+ other languages, in the form of hybrids like Chinglish, Hinglish, Singlish and Binglish. Binglish? Visit the full archive at pri.org!
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- Artist: Public Radio International
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Podcasts:
The World in Words 5: Americans' language-learning adventures abroad and the linguistic sensitives of a Eurotrashy song contest
The World in Words 4: a teenager, two linguists and the US Congress revive dying languages
The World in Words 3: creating linguistic history on a desert island, and Israel's Seinfeld connection
The World in Words 2: Russian names, Putinisms and a diplomatic mistranslation
The World in Words 1: two national anthems and IKEA-speak
