Welcome to This Never Happens 8 - The Xmas Edition. At 1.15 we try to guess the Word Of The Year in various languages, rate some TV shows at 9.34, scorn some unloved expressions at 13.40, and, at 17.45 we perform a musical in 41 seconds. At 19.00 Christina mentions her favourite TV show and at 21.05 we use bad languages - or use languages badly, at any rate. (The article referred to is at https://corplinguistics.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/the-weirdest-languages/) Memorable dates are recalled at 26.35 followed by Lilian and Christina comparing their favourite desks at 28.08. Novel events get a mention at 30.48 - Lilian not only lays down the law, she also wrote one! (https://osf.io/preprints/lawarxiv/yc6xu/ if you want to read it.) For your Xmas present we say goodbye and give you a little bonus performance by Michael Cule and right at the end Lilian makes her debut as a chanteuse!
This episode's cover art is by Ros Calverley from TNH 8 in 1985.
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