The prime minister recently raised eyebrows by referring to ‘speaking moistly’ during a coronavirus press briefing. Bryan Gick discussed what this might mean from a scientific perspective on CBC radio, and participated in this brief Q&A on the topic. It’s not at all dry, in the best possible sense—and, among other things, raises the interesting question of whether languages might vary in their relative ‘moistness’.
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