74: Mailbag of Go - a podcast by Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård

from 2023-04-25T04:00

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We're going deep into our Mailbag, and we're going to answer all your questions.

  • Why do we say "here you go" when we give something to someone?
  • Why can we reduce something to /sʌmʔ/?
  • The thing is is, there are two IS there. Why?
  • Some contractions seem to've appeared, and they look strange in writing. What other ones're out there?

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