Words You Just Don't Say with Language Taboo Linguist Professor Randall Eggert
In every language there are words you just don’t say. They can be about sex, religion, food or even your mother-in-law.
In this episode of Profoundly Pointless we explore the fascinating history and controversial present of language taboos with Professor Randall Eggert.
We talk the biggest current language taboos, historical language taboos and language taboos that are forming today.
00:00 Introducing Professor Randall Eggert
01:28 Language Taboos
06:03 The Biggest Language Taboos
08:33 Language Taboos that Have Faded Away
11:53 Historical Language Taboo
13:58 The Next Language Taboo
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