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FamilylectTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1616, Segment 2

Jun 8, 2021 • 14m

Does your family have a lingo? Maybe you’ve got certain words or phrases that mean something special to you, but not to anyone outside the family. Georgetown linguistics professor Cynthia Gordon calls these “familylects” – or family dialects - and says they have been made more common during the pandemic.

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