That's What They Say is a weekly segment on Michigan Public that explores our changing language. Each week University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan will discuss why we say what we say with Michigan Public Weekend Edition host Rebecca Kruth.

Latest episodes of the podcast That's What They Say

• TWTS: The expressionless expression of "deadpan"
• TWTS: Whenever you say "whenever"
• TWTS: One hundred is worth a hundred
• TWTS: Not all sounds resonate
• TWTS: When a sweep gets clean
• TWTS: May as well get comfortable with "comfortability"
• TWTS: If you find “the lurch,” don’t stick around
• TWTS: Where did that pit in your stomach come from?
• TWTS: The American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year
• TWTS: When language gets spicy
• TWTS: There are reasons to use "there are" before a plural, and there's reasons to use "there's"
• TWTS: The "doink" heard 'round the stadium
• TWTS: Reach out and ping someone
• TWTS: A quintessential enough guide to "quintessential"
• TWTS: The not-so-ordinary world of "ordinary" and "ornery"
• TWTS: Dilly dallying in the lightning round
• TWTS: Language pet peeves don't always stand the test of time
• TWTS: "These ones" made the lightning round
• TWTS: We've seen a change with "sea change"
• TWTS: The touchy third rail