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TWTS: Sort of out of sorts
13/11/2026 | 5 mins.When we are out of sorts, we’re not out of something specific, like socks or letters, but we may be feeling owly.TWTS: When a wave becomes a tsunami
06/11/2026 | 5 mins.The midterm election coverage was inundated with talk of not just waves but potential tsunamis, none of which, of course, involved an inundation of water.TWTS: A phrase made from "scratch"
30/10/2026 | 5 mins.Cookies or bread made from scratch sound great, and raise the question of what the scratch is.TWTS: A healthy dose of healthy language
23/10/2026 | 5 mins.We can be healthy and eating an apple seems clearly healthy, and then there’s the healthy dose of salt, which may not be healthy at all.TWTS: When "f" and "v" were sort of one
16/10/2026 | 5 mins.If you know how the sound ‘f’ worked in Old English, it suddenly isn’t mysterious why the noun "leaf" with an "f" turns into "leaves" with a "v" when you make it plural
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About That's What They Say
Funner, snuck, and LOL are all things that we're hearing people say these days.That's What They Say is a weekly segment on Michigan Public that explores our changing language. University of Michigan English Professor Anne Curzan studies linguistics and the history of the English language. Each week she'll discuss why we say what we say with Michigan Public All Things Considered host Rebecca Hector.That's What They Say airs Fridays at 4:45 p.m. and Sundays at 9:35 a.m. on Michigan Public and you can podcast it here.Do you have an English or grammar question? Ask us here!
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