Grammar Girl
Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or y...
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- Valerie Fridland3 eps
- Karen Lunde3 eps
- Kory Stamper2 eps
Also: Sarah L. Kaufman, Joel Schwartzberg, Natalie Schilling, John Overholt, Suzanne Bowness, Natan Last, Anna Jo Bratton, Daniel Hahn, Iva Cheung, Grant Faulkner, Colin Gorrie, Dr. Charles Kemp, Roger Kreuz, John Chew, Doug Harper, Jess Zafarris, Shannon Miller
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| 10/27/26 |  4 everyday words that started out as monsters. 'Graveyard' versus 'cemetery.' Which is which? | 1232. This week, we look at four ordinary words — "hippocampus," "chimera," "behemoth," and "gargantuan" — that all started as the names of monsters. Then, we look at where sailors got the phrase "graveyard watch" and at the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery.The monsters segment was written by Samantha Enslen, who runs DragonflyEditorial. You can find her at dragonflyeditorial.com.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 10m 30s | ||||||
| 10/22/26 |  Beowulf’s ‘you know,’ Shakespeare’s ‘prithee,’ and the myth of Valley Girl ‘like,’ with Dr. Laurel Brinton | 1231. This week, Valerie Fridland steps in for Mignon and sits down with linguist Laurel Brinton to talk about little words like “well,” “you know,” and “like.” They look at why “well” signals bad news, how “Beowulf” may open with the Old English version of “you know,” and why “prithee” disappeared. Then they look at why most uses of “like” are older than Valley Girl speech.Find Laurel Brinton at blogs.ubc.ca/laurelbrinton.Find Valerie Fridland at ValerieFridland.com.A hearty thank you to the Keepers of the Commas on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 38m 10s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 |  What's a familect? The words only your family uses | 1230. This week, the whole show is about familects, the words and phrases you only use with your family. We look at where they come from and what they do, how the same thing happens among friends and fans, and why borrowing someone else's insider words can backfire.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 20m 29s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 |  Your college essay doesn't need an extraordinary story, with Ethan Sawyer | 1229. This week, we talk with Ethan Sawyer, the College Essay Guy, about AI and college admissions essays. We look at why admissions officers told him “don’t” when it comes to AI, what he calls the “disembodied voice” of AI writing, and why he rewrote the new editions of his books by hand. Then we look at two pieces of classic essay advice he says to skip, how “finish your ribs” became a standout essay, and how a 10-minute timer can get a stuck writer started.Find Ethan at CollegeEssayGuy.com.A hearty thank you to the Keepers of the Commas on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 30m 14s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 |  Why does 'Here comes he' sound so wrong? | 1228. This week, we look at why "Here comes the bride" sounds right but "Here comes he" sounds wrong. Then we have an update on Zipf's law: after whales and dolphins, researchers may have found it in birdsong too.The "here comes he" segment was written by Ray Belli, a longtime podcaster, musician, and language writer. You can find him at WordsforGranted.libsyn.comA hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 10m 31s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 |  Famous quotes we've been getting wrong, from Robert Frost to 'Don't mess with Texas,' with Eli Burnstein | 1227. This week, we talk to Eli Burnstein, author of "Phrased & Confused." We look at why Robert Frost's "road less traveled" wasn't really less traveled, and why the other half of Stewart Brand's "information wants to be free" will make you think about it differently. Then we look at why "Hell is other people" isn't about crowds and how "Don't mess with Texas" began as an anti-littering campaign.A hearty thank you to the Keepers of the Commas and one Immortal on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 45m 08s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  Is it 'try and' or 'try to'? What does an epilogue do? | 1226. This week, we look at why so many people say "try and" instead of "try to," including why it may be the older form, why it turns up more in speech than in writing, and why it bothers Americans more than Brits. Then we look at what an epilogue actually does, whether one can belong to a single essay in a collection, and how it differs from an afterword, a postscript, and a coda.The epilogue segment was written by Karen Lunde. Find her on igofirst.org.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 10m 16s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 |  'Rizz,' 'lost in the sauce,' and Dictionary.com's newest words, with Steve Johnson | 1225. This week, we talk to lexicographer Steve Johnson from Dictionary.com. We look at how slang like "no cap" and "throw hands" works its way up from a separate slang dictionary, why one lexicographer fought against adding "rizz," and where "lost in the sauce" comes from. Then we look at what "overprompting" says about how we talk to AI, why food words like "quesabirria" and "elote" can take years to reach the dictionary, and how the team is starting to size up contenders for word of the year.Find Steve on LinkedIn.A hearty thank you to the Keepers of the Commas and one Immortal on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 20m 44s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 |  Why are ships called 'she'? | 1224. This week, we look at why English speakers call ships "she," even when the ship is named Henry. Then we have a follow-up on "maxxing" from two listeners, including its roots in 1990s gaming and a cameo in the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" theme song.The ships segment was written by Karen Lunde. Find her on igofirst.org.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate Wade🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 13m 15s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 |  What's in a word? Mapping America's regional vocabulary and the Linguistic Atlas Project, with Allison Burkette | 1223. This week, Valerie Fridland steps in for Mignon and sits down with linguist Allison Burkette of the Linguistic Atlas Project at the University of Kentucky. They look at what "lightwood" and "chifforobe" reveal about landscape and colonial contact, how "kindling" gave us "Kindle" and "Tinder," and the 380-plus recorded terms for cornbread. Then they look at why words rarely truly "die," even when the practices behind them fade.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas and one Immortal on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirMarlen RuizKate Wade🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsCreative Partnerships & Business Development: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 34m 37s | ||||||
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| 9/22/26 |  How often do you use 'the'? Meet Zipf's law | 1222. This week, we look at Zipf's law, a pattern that shapes how often you use your most common words, and why SETI researchers think it could help identify alien communication.Save the date for Grammarpalooza — The Game Show: Thursday, September 24 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas and one Immortal on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirKate WadeMarlen Ruiz🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 9m 45s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 |  Min-maxxing, looksmaxxing, and Nixon-maxxing, with Roger Kreuz | 1221. This week, we talk to Roger Kreuz, associate dean at the University of Memphis, about the "maxxing" craze. We look at how it started with min-maxxing in 1990s gaming culture, how looksmaxxing spread from the manosphere, and why it isn't quite a suffix. Then we look at what that second X is doing, why "Nixon-maxxing" might be peak maxxing, and why a brand picking up your slang usually kills it.Find Daniel and Chris on LinkedIn, and more about their projects at Perfectit.com.Save the date for Grammarpalooza — The Game Show: Thursday, September 24 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas and one Immortal on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirMarlen Ruiz🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsCreative Partnerships & Business Development: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 17m 24s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  Why do pirates say 'Arr'? Is it 'none is' or 'none are'? | 1220. This week, in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, we look at the history of eight pirate words, and then we look at whether the right pairing is "none is" or "none are."Save the date for Grammarpalooza — The Game Show: Thursday, September 24 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET.A hearty thank-you to our Keepers of the Commas and one Immortal on Patreon. We appreciate your support!Larry RosenblumMahala RussellGeorge WilsonLaurel PaulLinda CoxBirna Anna BjörnsdóttirMarlen Ruiz🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 12m 37s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 | AI writing errorsstyle rules+3 | Daniel HeumanChris Ryder | Intelligent EditingPerfectit.com+1 | — | AI writingediting errors+3 | — | 24m 49s | ||
| 9/8/26 | dog-directed speechlanguage+3 | Karen Lunde | QuickAndDirtyTips.comThe Merchant of Venice | — | dog voicebated breath+4 | — | 11m 15s | ||
| 9/3/26 | punctuation evolutionancient writing+4 | Florence Hazrat | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+1 | — | punctuationhistory+4 | — | 27m 40s | ||
| 9/1/26 | occupational surnameslast names+3 | Karen Lunde | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+1 | — | surnamesjobs+6 | — | 9m 51s | ||
| 8/27/26 | color sciencechemical explosions+3 | Kory Stamper | DuPontWebster’s Third+4 | — | color sciencechemical explosions+3 | — | 20m 52s | ||
| 8/25/26 | languageincomprehension+3 | — | University of Nevada in RenoWhy We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents | — | Greekincomprehension+5 | — | 10m 52s | ||
| 8/20/26 | dance criticismwriting+4 | Sarah L. Kaufman | Verb Your EnthusiasmThe Art of Grace+3 | — | dancecriticism+5 | — | 16m 16s | ||
| 8/18/26 | fossil wordslanguage+3 | — | QuickAndDirtyTips.comPatreon+1 | Watersmeet, Michigan | kith and kinbeck and call+3 | — | 12m 04s | ||
| 8/13/26 | linguisticsregional words+3 | Joan Houston Hall | Dictionary of American Regional EnglishUniversity of Wisconsin+3 | — | DAREword wagons+5 | — | 20m 23s | ||
| 8/11/26 | languageetymology+3 | Karen Lunde | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+1 | — | shhbroad daylight+4 | — | 11m 04s | ||
| 8/6/26 |  How comics are made, with Glenn Fleishman | 1209. Glenn Fleishman discusses the mechanical journey of a comic strip, from the cartoonist’s ink to the final newspaper page. We look at why drawing close to size helped “Calvin and Hobbes” creator Bill Watterson save money, and how a political resignation in 1973 led to a week of "Doonesbury" strips that never officially ran. This episode originally ran back in February for the Grammarpaloozians who support the show. To hear these episodes when they first come out, and get much more bonus content, visit http://patreon.com/grammargirl.Find Glenn at https://glennf.com/.🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Dan FeierabendDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 26m 53s | ||||||
| 8/4/26 |  Why does the U.S. have so many regional accents? | 1208. This week, linguist Valerie Fridland explains why the U.S. has so many regional accents — tracing New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southern, and Western speech back to where their first settlers came from, and how we can still hear "founder effects" in the way we talk today.Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada in Reno and author of "Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents." You can find her at valeriefridland.com.🔗 Join the Grammar Girl Patreon.🔗 Share your familect recording in Speakpipe or by leaving a voicemail at 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing courses.🔗 Subscribe to the newsletter.🔗 Find an edited transcript.🔗 Get Grammar Girl books.| HOST: Mignon Fogarty| Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.Audio Engineer: Castria CommunicationsDirector of Podcast: Holly HutchingsAdvertising Operations Specialist: Morgan ChristiansonMarketing and Video: Nat Hoopes, Rebekah SebastianPodcast Associate: Maram Elnagheeb| Theme music by Catherine Rannus.| Grammar Girl Social Media: YouTube. TikTok. Facebook. Threads. Instagram. LinkedIn. Mastodon. Bluesky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 10m 12s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | shark sayingspop culture+3 | — | Dragonfly EditorialQuickAndDirtyTips.com+2 | — | Shark Weekpop culture+3 | — | 8m 33s | ||
| 7/16/26 | Chinese writing systemperimetric complexity+3 | Dr. Charles Kemp | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+3 | — | Chinese characterswriting system+3 | — | 12m 26s | ||
| 7/14/26 | ironysituational irony+5 | Roger Kreuz | University of MemphisThe Conversation+4 | — | ironysituational irony+6 | — | 11m 30s | ||
| 7/9/26 | Canadian lexicographydictionary funding+3 | John Chew | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+2 | — | Canadian dictionarylexicography+3 | — | 37m 15s | ||
| 7/7/26 | snowcloneslanguage+3 | — | QuickAndDirtyTips.comigofirst.org+3 | — | snowclonesRBI+3 | — | 9m 42s | ||
| 7/2/26 | language resourcesetymology+3 | Doug Harper | EtymonlineQuickAndDirtyTips.com+2 | — | Etymonlinelanguage fans+3 | — | 27m 10s | ||
| 6/30/26 | book pitchingauthor communication+3 | Joel Schwartzberg | Grammar GirlQuick and Dirty Tips+1 | — | book pitchauthor advice+3 | — | 10m 24s | ||
| 6/25/26 | fossil wordseponyms+3 | Valerie FridlandJess Zafarris+1 | QuickAndDirtyTips.comA Miscellany of Weird and Wonderful Facts for Curious Humans | — | fossil wordseponyms+3 | — | 38m 07s | ||
| 6/23/26 | tennis scoringlanguage+3 | — | Quick and Dirty TipsCastria Communications+2 | — | tennislove+5 | — | 8m 15s | ||
| 6/20/26 | writing lifestorytelling+3 | Tomi Adeyemi | QuickAndDirtyTips.comChildren of Blood and Bone | — | Tomi Adeyemiwriting+3 | — | 42m 15s | ||
| 6/11/26 | translationShakespeare+4 | Daniel Hahn | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+1 | — | translationShakespeare+5 | — | 34m 44s | ||
| 6/9/26 | freelance writingcareer advice+3 | — | Quick and Dirty TipsCastria Communications+2 | — | freelance writerwriting jobs+3 | — | 14m 59s | ||
| 6/4/26 | language clarityplain language+4 | Iva Cheung | QuickAndDirtyTips.comIvaCheung.com+3 | — | plain languagecognitive load theory+5 | — | 28m 57s | ||
| 6/2/26 | Yoda's Englishtrooper vs trouper+3 | — | QuickAndDirtyTips.comCastria Communications+2 | — | YodaEnglish+5 | — | 13m 06s | ||
| 5/28/26 | memoir writingstorytelling+4 | Grant Faulkner | Memoir NationNaNoWriMo+2 | — | memoirwriting advice+5 | — | 26m 03s | ||
| 5/26/26 | slang evolutionrecipe language+3 | — | Quick & Dirty TipsGrammar Girl+1 | — | bee's kneesslang+5 | — | 16m 47s | ||
| 5/21/26 | communicationAI in workplace+3 | Joel Schwartzberg | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+2 | — | workplace communicationAI tools+3 | — | 22m 23s | ||
| 5/19/26 | ambiguity of troopsspelling bees+3 | — | Quick and Dirty TipsCastria Communications+2 | — | troopsspelling bees+3 | — | 14m 51s | ||
| 5/14/26 | English spellinglinguistics+4 | Colin Gorrie | Dead Language SocietyQuick and Dirty Tips+1 | — | English spellinglinguistics+5 | — | 24m 13s | ||
| 5/12/26 | lingua francaCrusades+4 | — | Jawun Research InstituteCQ University+4 | — | lingua francaCrusades+4 | — | 15m 11s | ||
| 5/7/26 | journalismAP Stylebook+3 | Anna Jo Bratton | Associated Press StylebookQuickAndDirtyTips.com+2 | — | AP Stylebookjournalism rules+3 | — | 24m 09s | ||
| 5/5/26 | colon usageAP style+3 | — | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+2 | — | colonAP style+3 | — | 17m 14s | ||
| 4/30/26 | verbslanguage+3 | Sarah L. Kaufman | QuickAndDirtyTips.comVerb Your Enthusiasm+1 | — | verbslanguage learning+3 | — | 27m 29s | ||
| 4/28/26 | English languagehomographs+3 | — | Dragonfly EditorialI'll Go First+3 | — | Ye Oldehomographs+5 | — | 15m 55s | ||
| 4/23/26 | accentslinguistics+4 | Valerie Fridland | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+2 | — | accentslinguistics+4 | — | 33m 00s | ||
| 4/21/26 | sentence adverbsxenolinguistics+3 | Natalie Schilling | Associated PressGrammar Girl+3 | — | hopefullysentence adverb+5 | — | 18m 06s | ||
| 4/16/26 | curationlibraries+4 | John Overholt | Harvard's Houghton Library | — | curatorHoughton Library+4 | — | 30m 53s | ||
| 4/14/26 | semordnilappalindromes+3 | — | Quick & Dirty TipsLinkedIn Learning+3 | — | semordnilappalindromes+3 | — | 14m 35s | ||
| 4/9/26 | AI in freelance writingclient retention+3 | Suzanne Bowness | Codeword CommunicationsQuickAndDirtyTips.com+1 | — | AIfreelance writing+3 | — | 11m 52s | ||
| 4/7/26 | pronunciationpolitical beliefs+3 | Valerie Fridland | University of Nevada in RenoThe Conversation+2 | — | IranIraq+5 | — | 16m 11s | ||
| 4/2/26 | color definitionsdictionary+4 | Kory Stamper | Merriam-WebsterTrue Color | — | colordictionary+5 | — | 34m 32s | ||
| 3/31/26 | toponymsdenim+4 | — | Chanterelle Marketing StudioQuickAndDirtyTips.com+2 | — | toponymsdenim+5 | — | 13m 46s | ||
| 3/26/26 | crossword puzzlesWorld War II+4 | Natan Last | New York TimesAcross the Universe | — | crossword puzzlesWorld War II+5 | — | 18m 52s | ||
| 3/24/26 | feghootspuns+3 | — | QuickAndDirtyTips.comGrammar Girl+3 | — | feghootspuns+3 | — | 17m 41s | ||
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Chart history for Grammar Girl
Peaked at #149 in Australia, currently #149 in Australia.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | — | #149 | #149 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.