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SUSIE DENT IS HERE!
Season 2 · Episode 14

SUSIE DENT IS HERE!

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Why Would You Tell Me That? · DZM Media Services

December 7, 20221h 2mExplicit

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Show Notes

Well, they said it would never happen. and by "they" we mean "Dave Moore".

But "they" were wrong. Queen of Dictionary Corner on Countdown, Susie Dent, is the guest on this week's podcast and she is brilliant.

Susie explains the rules of English that we know but we don't even know we know, the origin of the word "syphilis", why we say Zig Zag and not Zag Zig and why Shakespeare couldn't even spell his own name! If that's not enough, in part 1, Neil tells Dave about the 750-year-old Korean national treasure that war, insects and humidity couldn't destroy. Plus, it still works today! Did we mention Susie Dent is on the show?


 

Sources:


https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/silk-road-themes/documentary-heritage/printing-woodblocks-tripitaka-koreana-and-miscellaneous

https://whynow.co.uk/read/susie-dents-top-tens-ten-words-to-make-you-smile

https://www.livescience.com/40885-syphilis-origin-mystery.html


Presented and Produced by Neil Delamere and Dave Moore

Edited by Cathal Minogue

Music by Dave Moore

Artwork by Ray McDonnell


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