Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Hither and Yon
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Hither and Yon

Here, there, where; hence, thence, whence; hither, thither, whither. Notice a pattern?

Words like thence and thither are all but obsolete in English, but they were actually quite useful! John explains.

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