Via Grammar Girl…
“Is ‘sick’ really ‘good’? This week, we explore how words flip their meanings and why language changes over time. Then, we look at the 1950s idea of ‘U and Non-U English’ and what it tells us about social climbing.
“The ‘sick’ segment was written by Natalie Schilling, a professor emerita of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and who runs a forensic linguistics consulting firm. You can find her on LinkedIn.”
You can hear the full podcast below…
