Afternoon Shift: #hashtag American language, friends who flake and Brian Bannon
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Afternoon Shift: #hashtag American language, friends who flake and Brian Bannon
By WBEZ
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We talk with Professor Anne Curzan about how electronic media is changing the English language. Writer Elizabeth Gomez breaks down the five different types of “flakers” in her life. Then: Brian Bannon, the Chicago Public Library commissioner joins us.