Episode Synopsis "How and Why Language Changes"

In this episode, I sit down with my friend and fellow language enthusiast Emery Schramm to discuss the reasons for language change and how these changes come about. Tune in to learn about interesting linguistic phenomena such as retronyms, skeuomorphs, proprietary eponyms, meaning shifts, and a whole lot more.

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