Fifty Words For Snow

By: Maggie Rowe and Emily Garces
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  • Summary

  • A linguistic expedition into brave new words. Maggie Rowe and Emily John Garcés hunt for words that lack an English equivalent. They like to think of themselves as Dora the Explorers of language, with their rucksacks and hats and notebooks and magnifying glasses, embarking on a cultural adventure, hunting and gathering useful new word specimens from far flung continents, and holding them up to see what new light they shine on old ideas.
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Episodes
  • Ep 15: French Finds: Dépaysement and Flaneur

    Ep 15: French Finds: Dépaysement and Flaneur
    Dec 19 2024
    Maggie and Emily speak with Chris Reuland about the French words flaneur and dépaysement and learn a very particular use of the word “scripted” from John Ekezian. Poem by Emily: Dépaysement.
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    33 mins
  • Ep 14 Croatian Chronos: Pomalo and Fjaka

    Ep 14 Croatian Chronos: Pomalo and Fjaka
    Dec 12 2024
    Maggie and Emily learn the words pomalo and fjaka from native Croatian speaker Saskia Neal. They discover the word hustletivity with Bonnie Harvey and Michael Houlihan. Poem by Maggie: It is Time.
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    37 mins
  • Ep 13 Swedish Soul: Slutspurt and Lagom

    Ep 13 Swedish Soul: Slutspurt and Lagom
    Dec 5 2024
    Maggie and Emily talk to Majken Nillson about the Swedish words slutspurt and lagom. They explore a "Word in Action" with Nerys Miller-Baynham and the word "woolfthdt." Poem by Emily: Lagom.
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    28 mins

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