We took a bit of a break at the end of 2018, but we're back with a year in review. We take a look behind the scenes of Silly Linguistics. How did I plans for 2018 work out? Why did I stop working on the comic? What are Mike's thoughts on runnin

Episode 19 - Gentre Talks with Trevor Hill

Dec 18th, 2018 1h 13m

GenreTalks is a new feature on the Silly Linguistics podcast where we talk about cultural points in order to get a clearer understanding of culture around us. In the first episode of the series, we have a conversation with Trevor Hill on Poland

Episode 18 - Interview with Martin ter Denge about Low Saxon

Dec 10th, 2018 1h 3m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG1P_1jeBxESubscribe to him on YouTube!Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wearldsproake/Here is his website: https://wearldsproake.nl/

Episode 17 - Interview with Sonia Kropiowska from the EMLex program.

Dec 3rd, 2018 1h 20m

We have with us today Sonia Kropiowska with the EMLex program.Find EMLex on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiVcdVMYUZITBfA37vxiingFind them on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/emlex.master/Find them on Instagram:http://www.i

Episode 16 - Interview with Katie Harris

Nov 26th, 2018 1h 5m

Katie Harris is a polyglot and teacher currently residing in Italy. She is the founder of joyoflanguages.com and the Language Diary Challenge group.

Episode 15 - Slang exchange

Nov 20th, 2018 1h

Michael and the new co host Amina share slang from where they live

Episode 14 - Interview with Polyglot Files

Nov 12th, 2018 1h 32m

New host Michael Simpson interviews Michael from Polyglot FilesYouTube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGysXZCeVh8eMTG53t8c9-QBookhttps://www.amazon.com/Black-Oracle-Michael-Cristiano-ebook/dp/B00WIQL3DW

Episode 13 - Interview with Mike Simpson

Nov 5th, 2018 1h 43m

I talk to Mike Simpson about writing for Silly Linguistics, online media and also taking over the hosting chair of the podcast,

Episode 12 - Interview with Richard Simcott

Oct 29th, 2018 55m 15s

I talk language learning, language media and all sorts of other language stuff with Richard Simcott

Episode 11 - Interview with Timothy Patrick Snyder

Oct 22nd, 2018 1h 18m

I speak to Timothy Patrick Snyder. He writes the Old English lessons for Silly Linguistics and also runs the Eald Englisc page on Facebook. We talk about Old English, making memes in old languages and language media.

Episode 10 - Interview with Josh, creator of NativLang

Apr 19th, 2017 2h 16m

Wow! This turned out to be way longer than I thought it would be, but the whole chat was awesome so I just left it all in. Get drink, get a snack, sit back and enjoy the chat

Episode 9 - Language Quiz with Nikolay Nikolov

Apr 7th, 2017 1h 4m

I ask Nikolay Nikolov a bunch of language related questions. The questions are grouped into easy, medium and hard questions. Play along and see how many you can get.

Episode 8 - Origin of language

Mar 7th, 2017 1h 34m

I talk with Ignacio about the origin of language and also ask "What is language" and how does it differ from what animals do to communicate.

Episode 7 - Language Quiz with Erik from Camp Netherside

Feb 27th, 2017 1h 17m

I ask a series of increasingly difficult language related questions to Erik from Camp Netherside and see how many he can get right. We also discuss the questions and have a bit of a chat at the end of the quiz.

Episode 6 - Interview with Kevin Stroud, creator of the History of English Podcast

Jan 28th, 2017 54m 30s

I speak to the creator and host of the History of English Podcast, Kevin Stroud and talk to him about why he decided to make a podcast and how we went about doing it.

Episode 5 - Teaching languages

Jul 19th, 2016 1h 18m

I talk to Ignacio Bergkamp who is an English teacher to Spanish native speakers. I talk about what his life is like as an English teacher and what sorts of problems he runs into as a language teacher and how his job has affected his language li

Episode 4 - Language learning and dialectal variation

May 24th, 2016 1h 17m

We discuss how we got into languages, which languages we have learned, and how we went about learning them.We then discuss some of the many ways dialects of a language can differ from one another.

Episode 3 - A discussion about how languages relate to each other

Apr 24th, 2016 57m 21s

We discuss related languages, from the Scandanavian languages, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese, to Arabic's groups of dialects to Chinese languages.

Episode 2 - Language in education, East Asian language and preserving minority languages

Mar 10th, 2016 52m 32s

Check us out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/sillylinguistics/And check out the websitehttp://sillylinguistics.com/We talk about language in education, East Asian languages, preserving minority languages and we touch on conlang

Episode 1 - Google Translate, language learning websites and organising your conlang

Feb 22nd, 2016 30m 12s

Check us out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/sillylinguistics/And check out the websitehttp://sillylinguistics.com/In this episode, we talk about Google Translate, websites for learning languages and how to organise your conlan

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