
About this episode
Ahh, kids these days, all learning Korean on TikTok! Or was it Italian by input method? In this episode, Lindsay and Kerstin went into the fascinating world of language trends.
In this episode:
- How we tried to find out which languages are trending
- Which languages are so hot right now
- Which language learning trends are floating around out there
- The despacito effect, copyright Lindsay Williams
- The Gangnam Squid effect?

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