Have you ever been typing out a word and all of the sudden it becomes completely foreign? Like it's gone... weird.

Wordnesia is very real. That moment when words, yes including our own names, go from everyday acceptable to downright bizarre happens to most of us.

So should we be worried? Or, as our guest says, should we just enjoy language?

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With thanks to: Daniel Midgley, Linguist, Author, Science Communication & host of linguistics podcast Because Language.

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Why Do Words Go Weird Sometimes? We Find Out Why We Experience Wordnesia

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Why Do Words Go Weird Sometimes? We Find Out Why We Experience Wordnesia