33. Please

The Allusionist

• Episode: 33. Please
• Website: The Allusionist
• Feed URL: http://feeds.theallusionist.org/Allusionist
• Duration: 00:14:50
• Published: 2016-04-01 16:24

There’s an ocean between Britain and the USA, but an even wider division between each country’s use of a particular word: ‘please’. Linguists Lynne Murphy and Rachele De Felice explain how one nation’s obsequiousness is another nation’s obnoxiousness. There’s more about this episode at http://theallusionist.org/please. Please greet me at http://twitter.com/allusionistshow and http://facebook.com/allusionistshow. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.