{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#630 - Valerie Fridland - Why Is Everyone Saying \u2018Like\u2019 and \u2018Um\u2019 All The Time?","description":"Valerie Fridland is a sociolinguist, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada, a researcher and an author. On average we say around 5,000 words every day. But how often&amp;nbsp; have you assessed why you communicate the way you do, or where the words you're using came from? This is where the fascinating field of sociolinguistics comes in, exploring the history of our speech patterns and words' origins to help us develop new and better ways to communicate. Expect to learn why languages evolved to be so complex, how to stop saying \u2018like\u2019 so much, how social media has impacted the way we speak, why you keep using \u201cum\u201d and \u201cuh\u201d all the time, why Black Twitter is at the forefront of all cool new lingo, the unexpected origin story of the word \u2018Hello\u2019, why I apparently have hard time pronouncing my R\u2019s and much more...  Sponsors: Get \u00a3150 discount on Eight Sleep products at https:\/\/eightsleep.com\/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https:\/\/betterhelp.com\/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias\u2019 nuts at https:\/\/houseofmacadamias.com\/modernwisdom (use code MW20)  Extra Stuff: Buy Like Literally Dude - https:\/\/amzn.to\/41HmKaR&amp;nbsp; Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die \u2192 https:\/\/chriswillx.com\/books\/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chriswillx Twitter:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chriswillx YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/modernwisdompodcast Email: https:\/\/chriswillx.com\/contact\/&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Modern Wisdom","author_url":"https:\/\/chriswillx.com\/books\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26867244\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/4274d2\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/26867244"}