Valerie Fridland interview

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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924. What if I told you that you actually should use "uh" and "um" when you're giving a talk? And what if I told you "dude" was originally an anti-masculine word? Those are just some of the surprising insights from Valerie Fridland's new book, "Like, Literally, Dude."

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0:00.0	I'm a young Fogarty and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language.
0:11.1	We talk about writing, history, roles and cool stuff.
0:14.2	And today we have cool stuff and history because I have a special guest, Valerie Friedland.
0:20.7	You may recognize her name because she's been a contributor to the podcast.
0:24.8	She's written many of the interesting segments.
0:27.6	You've all enjoyed.
0:28.9	You know why don't people say you're welcome?
0:31.0	That was one of hers.
0:32.4	And she has a new book out called, Like Literally Dude, about all the speech habits we love
0:39.6	to hate.
0:40.6	And I had the pleasure of reading this early, but it had a different title and I have the
0:44.8	Advanced Review Copy.
0:45.8	I'm very excited.
0:46.8	Valerie, welcome to the podcast.
0:49.6	Thank you.
0:50.6	I am so excited to be here and talk to you in person.
0:53.6	I'm just through the podcast.
0:55.2	I know.
0:56.2	I have to say what I love about your book, like literally dude.
1:04.2	What like literally what I like about it is that, you know, I've been doing this for at
1:10.6	least 16 years now and I'm always kind of surprised when I'm surprised by something.
1:17.0	And your book is just filled with cool things I didn't know from people watching the video.
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