A Word in Your Ear

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Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex from the University of Queensland discusses the wonderful and odd aspects of English and many other languages.

Episodes

A Word In Your Ear: The Language of GardeningLanguage Professor Roly Sussex and 612-ABC Brisbane gardening expert Clare Bickle discuss the love language that is plants and gardening.
334|21M
A Word In Your Ear: TV Catchphrases That Have StuckLanguage Professor Roly Sussex and 612-ABC presenter Sally Rope discuss how television has shaped language via words they created and the catchphrases we love.
333|22M
A Word In Your Ear: Soccer It To Me!The FIFA World Cup 2026 is underway - what words have come to us from the "Beautiful Game" and how many have crossed into other sports??
332|29M
A Word In Your Ear: What Words Can You Do Without?There have been many attempts to simplify or reform English spelling, none of which succeeded, but is it time to get rid of some punctuation? Is the letter "Z" really necessary in a modern world?
331|23M
A Word In Your Ear: Creative LanguageIf you've ever "gawn to the bottlo, grabbed some goon and picked up some Maccas", that's a creative use of Australian English. Why is it so much fun?
330|27M
A Word In Your Ear: Prison SlangSpecial guest and former prisoner Craig Worland takes you through the language of prison and why it's important amongst the inmates.
329|25M
A Word In Your Ear: LOL with Acronyms and InitialisationsProfessor Roly Sussex discusses the ways Acronyms and Initialisations are becoming an increasingly important part of written language.
328|22M
A Word In Your Ear: Do the Rules of School Still ApplyProfessor Roly Sussex explores which language changes are allowed, which ones are a grey area, and which ones are still just plain wrong.
327|29M
A Word In Your Ear: The Language of BoozeProfessor Roly Sussex raises a glass to the language of alcohol and being drunk - why have we always needed different ways to describe the same thing?
326|23M
A Word In Your Ear: Clothes and FashionLanguage expert, Professor Roly Sussex discusses the language of clothing, material and fashion with special guest Nathalie Ryner, Costume Supervisor at Queensland Theatre .
325|27M

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