This episode explores lesser known words that are useful in conversations about reputation, considering their origins and recognisable words from the same root. Words highlighted include perfidious, calumny, susurration, ignominy, opprobrium, obloquy and flagitious.
Listen to the history of how a derailed train helped shape the beginnings of the modern public relations industry.
Sources:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1857-08-18/debates/4642f51a-ffe6-4eee-a43e-9276e7fc81ac/CompensationForTheSufferersByTheIndianMutiny
https://www.audible.com/blog/quotes-theodore-roosevelt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qn-XatSQaA&t=404s
https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/irish-legal-heritage-richard-pigott-and-the-forgeries-commission
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-history-spin-doctor
Transition sound by https://audionautix.com
