A totally sober, shrewd, surgical look at a linguistic book, Polyglot: How I learn Languages (1970) by Kató Lomb.  In this episode, we look at confidence, dictionaries, the intersection of fences and asses, as well as men's vs women's language.  

Your host today is Professor H**r*.. The squirrels remain at large, but the letter R was found abandoned in a storm drain.

Episode 3: In which your host, full of Mike's Hard and industrial chocolate, reads a book written by someone way smarter than him.

Hungry for Languages, analysis of Dr. Kato Lomb interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNKf1eoK9Ts

''Polyglot'' by Kató Lomb: A Shrewd Analysis, Book's End (Episode 3/három, Drunk on Language)

Your host Professor Hamrd brings you another episode of Drunk on Language.  This time, we cover what the heck happened to the written form of English, and why millions of kids are tortured with spelling bees each year.

''The Story of English'' by Phillip Gooden.  Dr. Johnson's Dictionary (Episode 6/siex)

Perhaps no made-up language has generated as much interest in the 21st century as Valyrian and Dothraki, from the Ice and Fire series of books by American author George R.R. Martin.    Valyrian languages are the topic of this episode, the Season 1 finale of Drunk on Language.

Game of Thrones brought Dothraki to life through Jason Mamoa's performance, becoming unforgettable.   House of the Dragon Season 1 did much the same for High Valyrian, with Matt Smith and Milly Alcock putting their all into the dragonlord tongue.

House of the Dragon Season 2 will drop soon, and herein we take a look at what all those dragonlords are saying.  Valyrian is quite comparable to Latin, and that's an intentional decision by George.  Learn more about why on this podcast.

High Valyrian, a shrewd analysis (Episode 7/sīkuda) (Season 1 finale)

We have fun with language here.  If you accidentally learn something, we're sorry.

My influences and inspirations include: Nativlang, Drunk History, Langfocus, Game of Thrones Abridged, My Drunk Kitchen, and Mextalki.
The men in my life: Jim Beam, Jack Daniel, Jose Cuervo, the Kunstmanns, Captain Morgan, Mike and his ''Hard Lemonade''.      

And Brendon Urie.

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