121: Vampires, ghosts, imposters and more linguistic monsters

About this episode

Vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, zombies, imposters, and frankenstein have something in common: they're all possessed by the spirit of linguistics! In this silly spooky episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about various kinds of linguistic monsters. We talk about how vampires would make the best historical linguists, the ghosts of borrowed words and old grammar haunting our modern vocabulary, why Your Honour can enjoy dressing up as a grammatical imposter, the common origins of witch and wizard, and more hauntings from the thrilling world of monster linguistics. Click here for a link to this episode in your podcast player of choice: https://pod.link/1186056137/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvMjQyMDAxMTg4Nw Read the transcript here: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/830584421665128448/transcript-episode-121-vampires-ghosts Announcements: In honour of the 10th anniversary of Lingthusiasm, we're launching the Linguistics Zine Challenge: make or share a linguistics zine and tell us about it by the end of November, and you could win prizes! Full details, including the submission form and details of all the fun prizes up for grabs, c