45: Mailbag of Words

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Recorded29 Jan 2022

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The Words of the Year are out! And we're talking about 'em. We're answering all the questions in our voluminous Mailbag. We have here, there, and where. We also have that and what. Was there ever a hat? Why are we friends with someone? Is the distribution of emoji Zipfian? If you study linguistics — the science of language — are you a STEM major? And Hedvig springs a game on us.

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