A Word in Your Ear

by ABC Radio

Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex from the University of Queensland discusses the wonderful and odd aspects of English and many other languages.

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Recent Episodes
  • A Word in Your Ear: Free For All
    Jun 9, 2025 – 0:21:50
  • A Word in Your Ear: Footy Names
    Jun 2, 2025 – 0:22:34
  • A Word in Your Ear: Alphabet
    May 26, 2025 – 0:24:23
  • A Word in Your Ear: Puns
    May 19, 2025 – 0:21:15
  • A Word in Your Ear: Money
    May 12, 2025 – 0:27:55
  • A Word in Your Ear: Small Talk
    May 5, 2025 – 0:21:26
  • A Word in Your Ear: Papal Phrases
    Apr 28, 2025 – 0:21:14
  • A Word in Your Ear: Phrasal Verbs
    Apr 14, 2025 – 0:19:00
  • A Word in Your Ear: Hip-hip-hooray
    Apr 7, 2025 – 0:22:06
  • A Word in Your Ear: English Dialects
    Mar 31, 2025 – 0:23:08
  • A Word in Your Ear: Footy Talk
    Mar 24, 2025 – 0:24:10
  • A Word in Your Ear: St Patrick's Day
    Mar 17, 2025 – 0:27:34
  • A Word in Your Ear: Wild Weather Words
    Mar 3, 2025 – 0:18:23
  • A Word in Your Ear: Americanisms Part 2
    Feb 24, 2025 – 0:22:12
  • A Word in Your Ear: Hello and Goodbye
    Feb 17, 2025 – 0:22:01
  • A Word in Your Ear: Articulation & Speech Patterns
    Jan 20, 2025 – 0:22:50
  • A Word in Your Ear: New Year & Christmas Alliteration
    Jan 1, 2025 – 0:18:27
  • A Word in Your Ear: Giving & Philanthropy
    Nov 20, 2024 – 0:21:44
  • A Word in Your Ear: Acronyms & Initialisms
    Nov 13, 2024 – 0:22:09
  • A Word in Your Ear: Americanisms
    Nov 6, 2024 – 0:23:36
  • A Word in Your Ear: Spooky Words
    Oct 30, 2024 – 0:25:53
  • A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Democracy
    Oct 23, 2024 – 0:23:25
  • A Word in Your Ear: Italian Cuisine
    Oct 16, 2024 – 0:25:11
  • A Word in Your Ear: Echo Phrases
    Oct 9, 2024 – 0:22:30
  • A Word in Your Ear: Onomatopoeia
    Oct 2, 2024 – 0:25:42
  • A Word in Your Ear: The Language of AFL
    Sep 25, 2024 – 0:22:35
  • A Word in Your Ear: Mispronunciation & Mondegreens
    Sep 18, 2024 – 0:16:45
  • A Word in Your Ear: Pirate Speak
    Sep 11, 2024 – 0:24:54
  • A Word in Your Ear: French Influences on Cooking Words
    Sep 4, 2024 – 0:23:59
  • A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Gen Alpha
    Aug 28, 2024 – 0:24:57
  • A Word in Your Ear: The Language of The News
    Aug 21, 2024 – 0:26:34
  • A Word in Your Ear: Hedges and Politeness
    Aug 14, 2024 – 0:22:50
  • A Word in Your Ear: Mispronunciations and Common Mistakes
    Aug 7, 2024 – 0:23:15
  • A Word in Your Ear: English's Newest Words
    Jul 31, 2024 – 0:18:31
  • A Word in Your Ear: The French Language
    Jul 24, 2024 – 0:20:31
  • A Word in Your Ear: Metaphors
    Jul 10, 2024 – 0:25:26
  • A Word in Your Ear: Manners and Politeness
    Jul 3, 2024 – 0:23:43
  • A Word in Your Ear: Grandparents and 'Cold Turkey'
    Jun 26, 2024 – 0:18:34
  • A Word in Your Ear: Written vs Spoken Languages
    Jun 19, 2024 – 0:28:44
  • A Word in Your Ear: Pub Names and Bar Chat
    Jun 12, 2024 – 0:24:09
  • A Word in Your Ear: The Language of Music
    May 29, 2024 – 0:34:53
  • A Word in Your Ear: Feminine and Gendered Language
    May 22, 2024 – 0:24:34
  • A Word in Your Ear: Weather Words with Jenny Woodward
    May 15, 2024 – 0:23:09
  • A Word in Your Ear: Catchy Phrases
    May 8, 2024 – 0:23:34
  • A Word In Your Ear: Phonetics and The Sounds of Language
    May 1, 2024 – 0:22:49
  • A Word In Your Ear: The Anzac Legacy in Language
    Apr 24, 2024 – 0:23:48
  • A Word In Your Ear: New Words and The Yoghurt Debate
    Apr 17, 2024 – 0:27:20
  • A Word In Your Ear: Avoidance Language and Rhyming Slang
    Apr 10, 2024 – 0:18:51
  • A Word in Your Ear: Advertising Language
    Apr 3, 2024 – 0:20:54
  • A Word in Your Ear: Weather Words and Easter
    Mar 27, 2024 – 0:21:02
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