Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
One Is the Loneliest Number
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One Is the Loneliest Number

A breakdown of all things oneness.
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Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera House

Only, lonely, alone and even atone all derive from the number one, which, by the way, wasn’t always pronounced as if it began with the letter w. John explains.

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