July 2021: fun facts and fricatives

I asked people for their favourite fun fact about linguistics and ended up with a delightful thread of replies! (Click through to read them.)

Linguists and ling fans, what's a linguistics fact that blew your mind when you learned it or which blows people's minds when you tell them?

I can think of some that people tweet us about from @lingthusiasm episodes, but I honestly just take so many for granted now – help!

— Gretchen McCulloch (@GretchenAMcC) July 12, 2021

The main episode of Lingthu...