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<v Odile Marchetti>In Finnish, tuli means fire. Say the u a little longer, tuuli, and it means wind.

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<v Teodor Halvorsen>One vowel, held a moment longer, and you are talking about something else.

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<v Odile Marchetti>This is The Long Vowel. I'm Odile Marchetti, and I write subtitles.

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<v Teodor Halvorsen>I'm Teodor Halvorsen, and I edit sound. Every episode, one guest brings one word from their language that will not go quietly into English.

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<v Odile Marchetti>Under three minutes. Where the word lives, what it does, and what gets lost on the way.

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<v Teodor Halvorsen>New episodes every other Tuesday, starting with a word from Spanish.