WBAI-FM Upcoming Program
Niteshift

Mon, Mar 20, 2023 10:00 PM

HOMOPHONES, HOMOGRAPHS, AND HOMOPHOBIA

Homophones, Homographs, and Homophobia

On words that are the same, but different
and
How words can alter the the narratives of our lives


With Special guest:

DR. KELLY WRIGHT - RACIOLINGUIST & LEIGHANN LORD - AUTHOR/COMEDIAN


Topics
    •    The giant seaweed blob
    •    Definitions of Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms
    •    Language and modified history
    •    Is modified history the future?
    •    Social narratives
    •    women in todays social Narratives
    •    Words getting co-opted examples: Woke/Trans
    •    Buzz Words for a Fear of something we cannot define
    •    New meanings for old words
    •    Historical narratives and colloquialisms what do you colloquialisms tell us about the times they stem from?
    •    What brings a colloquialism to cultural relevance?
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    •    What constitute it's sticking and becoming part of the lexicon of a culture

Is what we have been taught in the US have in recent years a fiction that was crafted alongside many other imperial narratives?

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