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Hedging

A Word in Your Ear by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sep 1, 20250:21:52Education

Do you call a spade a spade, or do you prefer to be a bit more gentle with the things you say? Professor Roly Sussex explores the use of hedging and why it's so common in the English language.

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Hedging is an episode from A Word in Your Ear by Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Do you call a spade a spade, or do you prefer to be a bit more gentle with the things you say? Professor Roly Sussex explores the use of hedging and why i...

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Do you call a spade a spade, or do you prefer to be a bit more gentle with the things you say? Professor Roly Sussex explores the use of hedging and why it's so common in the English language.

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Published Sep 1, 2025 and 0:21:52 long