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A Word In Your Ear: Horsin' Around With Language
2026-11-02 | 20 mins.Tomorrow will be the running of the Melbourne Cup. So, tonight we are having a word in your ear about those magnificent creatures... horses... and how they have shaped many of our words and phrases.A Word In Your Ear: Echo Phrases
2026-10-26 | 22 mins.Jeepers creepers, aren't echo phrases just the bees' knees?
The Lord of Language, Professor Roly Sussex explains how they work.A Word in Your Ear: The Building Blocks of Words
2026-10-19 | 23 mins.Did you get a strong foundation in "morphology" when you were at school? Has that helped you understand other words in your adult years?A Word in Your Ear: How Irregular is English Spelling?
2026-10-12 | 27 mins.There is debate over whether we need phonetic spelling, but that could be a catastrophe. Professor Roly Sussex explains why.A Word in Your Ear: What Makes a Great Dad Joke?
2026-10-05 | 18 mins.The games we play with language - and we do love language games - and not just the scrabble, wordle, crossword kind.
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About A Word in Your Ear
Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex from the University of Queensland discusses the wonderful and odd aspects of English and many other languages.
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