Griff

@johnnygriffd.bsky.social

I like Star Wars, books, Lego, music, baseball, and various and sundry other things. Childless cat guy. Oh, and crypto is a scam.

🥉 Why is the third time a charm? ⛅️ What's so great about "seventh heaven"? 🙃 Why do we say "at sixes and sevens"? Count ‘em! @robwords.com and I explore these numerical idioms and many more in the latest, magnificently mathematical edition of Words Unravelled.

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On today’s episode of Words Unravelled, @robwords.com and I are joined by the brilliant sociolinguist Valerie Fridland, author of the recently released accent-centric book ‘Why We Talk Funny.’ Together, we WUers pick Valerie’s brain about the ins and outs of American and British accents.

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