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b"Valerie Fridland is a sociolinguist, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada, a researcher and an author.\\nOn average we say around 5,000 words every day. But how often\\xa0have you assessed why you communicate the way you do, or where the words you're using came from? This is where the fascinating field of sociolinguistics comes in, exploring the history of our speech patterns and words' origins to help us develop new and better ways to communicate.\\nExpect to learn why languages evolved to be so complex, how to stop saying \\u2018like\\u2019 so much, how social media has impacted the way we speak, why you keep using \\u201cum\\u201d and \\u201cuh\\u201d all the time, why Black Twitter is at the forefront of all cool new lingo, the unexpected origin story of the word \\u2018Hello\\u2019, why I apparently have hard time pronouncing my R\\u2019s and much more...\\nSponsors:\\nGet \\xa3150 discount on Eight Sleep products at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied)\\nGo to my sponsor https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help\\nGet 20% discount on House Of Macadamias\\u2019 nuts at https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20)\\nExtra Stuff:\\nBuy Like Literally Dude - https://amzn.to/41HmKaR\\xa0\\nGet my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die \\u2192 https://chriswillx.com/books/\\nTo support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom\\n-\\nGet in touch.\\nInstagram:\\xa0https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx\\nTwitter:\\xa0https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast\\nEmail: https://chriswillx.com/contact/\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"