#630 - Valerie Fridland - Why Is Everyone Saying ‘Like’ and ‘Um’ All The Time?

<p>Valerie Fridland is a sociolinguist, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada, a researcher and an author.</p> <p>On average we say around 5,000 words every day. But how often  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.</p> <p>Expect to learn why languages evolved to be so complex, how to stop saying ‘like’ so much, how social media has impacted the way we speak, why you keep using “um” and “uh” all the time, why Black Twitter is at the forefront of all cool new lingo, the unexpected origin story of the word ‘Hello’, why I apparently have hard time pronouncing my R’s and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get £150 discount on Eight Sleep products at <a href= "https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at <a href="https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get 20% discount on House Of Macadamias’ nuts at <a href="https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://houseofmacadamias.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (use code MW20)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy Like Literally Dude - <a href= "https://amzn.to/41HmKaR">https://amzn.to/41HmKaR</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/books/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Get my free Rea