A hundred episodes already? To celebrate, we’re doing our favourite kind of episode: a Mailbag.
- Why is it a BLOW JOB when there’s no blowing? Why JOB? And why is OFF often used in sexual expressions?
- Why do we say NO SIRREE? Is there an equivalent expression for women?
- Why does English have rare TH sounds like /θ/ and /ð/? Why doesn’t everyone?
- HIS’N — is it related to IF’N?
Timestamps
- Intros: 1:00
- Questions (sexual): 8:46
- Questions (non-sexual): 26:24
- Related or Not: 42:12
- More questions: 36:36
- The Reads: 1:15:48
- Outtakes: 1:20:11
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