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Word of Mouth: Ebola: How should we talk about it?

23/12/2014

Ebola: How should we talk about it?

BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Ebola: How should we talk about it?

Michael Rosen talks to Oxfam's media officer on how we should speak about Ebola.

Michael Rosen talks to Oxfam's media officer Ian Bray about the language we use about Ebola, and to Louise Sylvester about the words used though history for disease and epidemics.

Michael Rosen talks to Oxfam's media officer on Ebola, Ian Bray, about the language we use about the disease, both in this country and in Liberia, where he's been based. Michael also asks linguists Louise Sylvester and Laura Wright about the words we've used though history to describe disease and plague, and what they tell us about changing attitudes to sickness.
Producer Beth O'Dea.

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