377: Mailbag of Uncomfortableness - a podcast by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
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The mail keeps coming, and we keep answering.
Is English really a dialect of Chinese?
Why do people say “uncomfortableness”, when we already have “discomfort”?
Are "ankh” and “anchor” related?
How does learning traditional languages help communities?
Is there a better Noongar word for “white fella” if you’re not a fellow
Is “mire” one syllable or two?
Why do people say they're “finna” do something?
Where does the word “Carlton" come from?
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