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Apples Please Me
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Apples Please Me

Do you like them?
No matter how you say it, apples are delicious.

English speakers might say that they “like apples” — however, in other languages, that sentiment is expressed more accurately as something like “apples please me.” Are we all thinking the same thing? John explains.

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Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.