Linguistics After Dark will be live next month! Come see us at CrossingsCon in Philadelphia, August 15th–17th. More details at crossingscon.org
transcript:
ELI: Hey, hey, Sarah, what do you call it when a corvid recites a poem by Coleridge?
SARAH: …what?
ELI: A crow sings Khan.
SARAH: But why? that doesn't make any sens—ohhh, a CrossingsCon, because we're doing a live show there!
ELI: Yeah! And, and, hey, Sarah, when are the Ides of August?
SARAH: Well, CrossingsCon is the 15th through the 17th. The Ides of August are actually on the 13th.
ELI: Wait, no no no, ides are on the 15th, you know, the ides of march, stabby stabby, the whole—
SARAH: No, only sometimes, because the Romans did this weird thing where they counted the days in a month—
ELI: No no no, this isn't Romans After Dark, this is Linguistics After Dark, come see us live at CrossingsCon, August 15th through 17th, more details at crossingscon.org!
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