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Panel Discussion on the English Language

Allan Metcalf, author of From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generation, and Robert Alden Rubin, author of Going to Hell in a Hen Basket:read more

Allan Metcalf, author of From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generation, and Robert Alden Rubin, author of Going to Hell in a Hen Basket: An Illustrated Dictionary of Modern Malapropisms talked about the English language.

“Word Salad or Word Solid? Malapropisms and New Coinages” was a panel at the 2017 Virginia Festival of the Book. close

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Panel Discussion on the English Language

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Program ID:
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Category:
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Location:
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
First Aired:
Mar 25, 2017 | 10:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Jul 06, 2017 | 12:20am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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  • Mar 25, 2017 | 10:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Mar 25, 2017 | 11:09am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Mar 26, 2017 | 12:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Mar 26, 2017 | 1:10am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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