25 July 2016
Inside Language | Peter Clarke and Kate Burridge look at those persistent expressions that reflect dead and dying attitudes
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Dutch courage, French letters, it’s all Greek to me… In the latest Inside Language podcast, Peter Clarke talks to linguist Kate Burridge about how outmoded attitudes have hung around in English.
• Inside Story published before August 2016 are now archived in iTunes – just click here and scroll down the list of titles in reverse chronological order.
Duration: 9 minutes 7 seconds
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Turning point: Kit Harington as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones.
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