26 Min Released May 27, 2012

Lexicon Valley #11: When Being Done Replaced Doing

Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss the most significant change to the English language that you've never heard of.

Slate Presents Lexicon Valley

Slate Presents Lexicon Valley

A podcast about language from Slate.

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