Interview on the CBC Radio show “Q with Jian Ghomeshi” about how hip-hop slang gets in the dictionary. (June 8, 2011)
Q: The Podcast 2011-06-08
Canadian journalist Robert MacNeil reflects on his career at PBS, a feature chat with TV director James Burrows on the secret to making people laugh for so many years and Lexicographer Ben Zimmer on hip-hop’s influence on popular slang, plus Mio!
(MP3 download; interview begins 52 minutes into the podcast)