1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 English may be spoken by a whopping 1.5 billion ESL speakers around the world, but that doesn't mean it's an &quot;easy&quot; language to learn. For native English speakers, it's easy to take for granted just how irregular the English language is. In this interview episode, I chat with Arika Okrent about her new book, Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language.&amp;nbsp; Today's episode is brought to you by italki. Go to https://go.italki.com/anniversary-wordsforgranted&amp;nbsp;to claim your $140 of italki credits.&amp;nbsp; Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast http://wordsforgranted.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19754351/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/19754351