Jan 12, 2024
In this episode, Amy keeps a thin lid on things with "film", while Ryan is trying to figure out why there are so many different ways to be "fine".
For the record, the book is Synonyms Discriminated and it's by the Rev. Charles John Smith. It was written, like many other books, in 1871.
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Aug 1, 2023
In this episode, Amy is joined by a very special guest for a live, in-person and totally Canadian-less episode, featuring long-time listener and avid academic Word Nerd, Erin Bell!
Erin is currently pursuing a Masters degree in linguistics at Trinity College, Dublin, and just happened to be in bonnie Scotland, where...
Aug 26, 2019
In this episode, Amy breaks things in pieces with "interrupt" and Ryan tends to the last embers with "curfew".
Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may...
Aug 12, 2019
In this incredibly special, super exciting episode, wording class hero Susie Dent (of Countdown/8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown fame) chats in a gruntled, shevelled fashion about orphaned negatives, Amy wonders about velocity with "speed" and Ryan marvels at Canadian furniture marketing with "chesterfield".
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Jul 29, 2019
In this episode, Amy admires Catalonian legs with "ham" and Ryan wonders about the legitimacy of wizards with "bastard".
Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how...