
139: Magpie Syntax (with Stephanie Mason)
Jun 9, 2026 - 02:47:00
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How do you define what blue is? What even IS colour? Turns out, the quest to define colours was happening along with a standardisation crisis and a dictionary crisis at the venerable Merriam-Webster. Lexicographer and au...
134: True Colour (with Kory Stamper) is an episode from Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language. by Daniel Midgley. How do you define what blue is? What even IS colour? Turns out, the quest to define colours...
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Published Mar 13, 2026, 02:21:18 long, audio available.