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Somebody vs. Someone, Everybody vs. Everyone, Nobody vs. No One

When Julie, a journalism student at California’s San Francisco State University, got her dream job covering the San Francisco Giants for a season, she noticed while transcribing interviews that the players seemed to use the terms somebody, everybody, and nobody instead of someone, everyone, and no one. She wonders if that has anything to do with where those players grew up. This is part of a complete episode.

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