Language

Are we starting to imitate Chat GPT? Massey University linguistics lecturer, Dr Eleanor Ridge joins Jim to discuss the language of chatbots. Audio

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz.  Audio

Managing editor of Te Herenga Waka University Press Ashleigh Young joins Emile Donovan to discuss the merits of the em dash and its friends: the comma, the semicolon, the ellipsis, and the period. Audio

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz.  Audio

Emile Donovan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky. Audio

Friday is National Poetry Day, and we are delighted, thrilled, positively effervescent to announce that - after taking a hiatus last year - our poetry competition will return! Once more judging your… Audio

Former Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall is with us with a curly question for today's quiz.  Audio

From elephants in the room to blue moons, Nights' resident sociolinguist, Dr Julia de Bres from Massey University, is going the extra mile and talking about idioms. Audio

An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Mark Leishman. Then, bonza, ripper, bogan, brekkie - those are some examples of iconic Australian lingo… Audio

Our usual quizmaster is taking a break this week, so Jim is joined by regular listener Ray Coventry. Audio

Nights producer Bonnie Harrison revisits the week in quizzes, and looks at why some words are better known to some people than others. Audio

Jim is joined by RNZ's lead scheduler Nick Robinson who is filling in for our regular quizmaster this week. Audio

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz.  Audio

Quiz master Jack Waley-Cohen is back with his Sunday Morning quiz. Audio

Emojis are the world's newest language - but where did they come from, where are they going, and what do they mean?  Audio

It's our monthly chat with Nights' resident sociolinguist. Audio