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Word of Mouth Clips

  1. Using social mediaSocial media language

    Duration: 00:05

  2. Somebody in my dream corrected "who" to "whom"

    Duration: 00:36

  3. "Shakespeare has something to say about everything..."

    Duration: 02:09

  4. What's a "Mary Sue"?

    Duration: 00:47

  5. Irina Morgan: the art of simultaneous translation

    Duration: 02:01

  6. Bona! Polari and other owned vocabularies...

    Duration: 01:51

  7. "Girl" – from a medieval unisex term to a modern term of empowerment

    Duration: 02:12

  8. "I couldn't quite work out how to write a book at all."

    Duration: 03:10

  9. "Tentacles wetly squelching..."

    Duration: 01:43

  10. Zap! Pow!

    Duration: 02:48

  11. Raining cats and dogs?

    Duration: 02:46

  12. 'In the language of adoption we've got to get rid of the notion of the "real" parent.'

    Duration: 02:24

  13. Jumping the shark and Groundhog Day

    Duration: 02:58

  14. How to avoid phrases that can instil a sense of dread...

    Duration: 02:35

  15. Ralph Keyes on some controversial Americanisms

    Duration: 02:08

  16. Vikings

    Duration: 16:47

  17. 'The Online Me' a poem by Laura Dockrill

    Duration: 02:22

  18. Word of Mouth on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show

    Duration: 06:28

  19. Gemma Cairney asks Grimmers the important question, LOL or YOLO?

    Duration: 01:20

  20. Why would a fictional character speak in two different voices?

    Duration: 03:24

  21. 'Low baggage handling resources'

    Duration: 01:31

  22. Is anyone listening to us?

    Duration: 01:23

  23. The art of the pub conversation

    Duration: 01:59

  24. Chugger: β€œCome Under My Umbrella of Love”

    Duration: 01:33