Episode 873: No-Eye Deer
It’s another Overthinking It cast; did we catch anything? The overthinkers tackle dad jokes.
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Linguistics on Overthinking It
Episode 538: The Dead Author of Your Own Fiction
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we talk the famous Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Darmok,” less than one month after its twenty-seventh anniversary. (Just go with it.)
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Episode 81: A Darkness of White
Ryan and Matt consider The Arcade Fire and their latest album, Reflektor.
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TJ Maxx Flunks Old School
Saying things incorrectly in a way people don’t generally say them isn’t being linguistically progressive, it’s just being ignorant.
How Do You Pronounce Charlize Theron? and Other Mysteries
For the record: Amanpour, Christiane (kris-tə-YAN ä-MÄN-pür) Auel, Jean (OUL) Baum, L. Frank (BOM) Blanchett, Cate (KĀT BLAN-chət) Buscemi, Steve (boo-SHEM-ē) Clowes, Daniel (KLŌZ) Coelho, Paulo (POU-lō KOO-ĀL-yoo) Derrida, Jacques (zhäk dâr-ē-DÄ) Fiennes, Ralph (RĀF FĪNZ) Foer, Jonathan Safran (FÔR) … Continued
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On the whole, it’s probably just as well that they’re looking for a tutor.
From a help wanted posted on the NYC Craigslist: Experienced English tutor needed for private home lesson for two French kids ages 6 and 9. Lots of skills, patience and crop of teaching experience especially with kids is required. Ability … Continued
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Cthulhu’s Greatest Mystery
What is Cthulhu, really? Why are the Great Old Ones here on Earth, and what are their plans? These are some of the great mysteries that have been haunting us since H.P. Lovecraft first introduced his Cthulhu mythos in the … Continued
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