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Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth invite you to enhance your vocabulary, uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words in this award-winning podcast.
 
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Something Rhymes with Purple

Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth are here to increase your word power with a brand new podcast. Listen here to find out all about it.
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Something Rhymes With Purple

Word nerds Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth explore the surprising origins of the English language. A Somethin’ Else Production.
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Bang-a-bonk

We take on American English. Featuring the story of Gyles's Great Great Great Grandfather, Noah Webster's gift of making spelling easier and Trump's covfefe kerfuffle.
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Scurryfunge

Mind your language. This week we're turning the air blue with a special episode all about swearing.
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Lalochezia

How to master S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G. Why is it so difficult in the English language?
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Gargalesis

Jargon unites but it also excludes. Gyles is irritated by it. Susie loves it.
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Crambazzled

The art of the euphemism. In other words: "the substitution of a mild, indirect or vague term for one considered to be harsh, offensive, embarrassing or distressing." A Somethin' Else Production. 
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Ugsome

This week we're playing word games. A Somethin' Else Production.
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Matutolypea

Mind the gap. This week we’re looking for words for the things, feelings and experiences we don’t yet have names for. A Somethin’ Else Production.
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Tartle

This week we’re giving up the goat with slip ups. What happens when they eventually enter the language? A Somethin’ Else production.
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Eggcorns

This week Gyles and Susie go tit for tat, giving as good as they get in hurling some creative insults at each other. From the Shakespearean to the sublime they relish in finding out the origins behind calling someone a ‘fopdoodle’, a ‘dandyprat’, and a ‘mugwump’. And, ahead of this week’s General Election, Susie revisits a couple of choice political insults for you to slip into any debates that might arise. A Somethin’ Else production.
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