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Aug 13, 2026
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Connected speech: the real reason listening feels impossible and how to fix it
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Everyone comes online at once. I'll be there the whole four hours.
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Click consonants: how clicks became ordinary letters in southern Africa
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Blame a 600-year-old sound shift and some very unhelpful printers
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