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It's not what you say, it's how you say it

Sep 25, 202527:54Society & Culture

Michael Rosen on the linguistic comfort food of clichés, pragmatics and how we use language to connect us beyond the actual words used. Derek Bousfield explains how words do more than carry meaning: context governs what...

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It's not what you say, it's how you say it is an episode from Word of Mouth by BBC. Michael Rosen on the linguistic comfort food of clichés, pragmatics and how we use language to connect us beyond the actual words used. Derek Bousfield expl...

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Published Sep 25, 2025, 27:54 long, audio available.

It's not what you say, it's how you say it

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