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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Just Skylarking - 5 June 2023 53:45

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The art of the invitation can be tricky. If you want someone to join your group on an outing, it's important to state it clearly. Otherwise, the invitee may wonder whether to stay home or come along for the fun. One listener had such a misunderstanding, and it went on for months! Plus, advice on writing fiction. George Saunders, winner of the Booke…

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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Piping Hot (Rebroadcast) - 29 May 2023 53:45

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The game of baseball has always inspired colorful commentary. Sometimes that means using familiar words in unfamiliar ways. The word "stuff," for example, can refer to a pitcher's repertoire, or to the spin on a ball, or what happens to the ball after a batter hits it. Also: nostalgia for summer evenings and fond terms for fireflies, plus a word to…

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Folding Money - 22 May 2023 53:45

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Barbara Kingsolver's book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield set in today's Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver's family farm in Virginia, where they discussed many of the same issues covered in this Pulitzer-winning novel. Plus, the Carp River in Michigan had that name long before…

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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Mimeographs and Dittos (Rebroadcast) - 15 May 2023 53:45

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How colors got their names, and a strange way to write. The terms "blue" and "orange" arrived in English via French, so why didn't we also adapt the French for black and white? Plus, not every example of writing goes in one direction across the page. In antiquity, people sometimes wrote right to left, then left to right, then back again -- the same…

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Takes the Cake - 8 May 2023 53:45

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What do you call a long sandwich filled with lots of ingredients? Whether you call it a sub, a hoagie, a grinder, or something else entirely depends on where you're from. And: Martha's visit to an Alaskan reindeer ranch reveals why you really do hear click, click, click when reindeer walk, and how these elegant animals got their name. Plus, if it's…

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Truth and Beauty (Rebroadcast) - 1 May 2023 53:45

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Vocabulary that trickles down from the top of the world. Malamute, kayak, and parka are just some of the words that have found their way into English from the language of indigenous people in northern climes. Also, the surprising language of physicists: in the 1970s, some scientists argued that two quarks should be called "truth" and "beauty." Fina…

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Dessert Stomach (Rebroadcast) - 24 April 2023 53:45

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Funny cat videos and cute online photos inspire equally adorable slang terms we use to talk about them. When a cat leaves its tongue out, that's a blep. A boop is a gentle tap on its nose. Also, when is a salamander not a salamander? The name of this animal once referred to a mythical beast that was impervious to fire. Now it also refers to heating…

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Blessing Box - 17 April 2023 53:45

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Is there such a thing as a "neutral" accent, and if so what does it sound like? And that quirk in the way Southern Californians talk about freeways. They'll say things like Take the 405 North and Get on the 8 and head east. But why the definite article? Plus, those Little Free Libraries stocked with books have inspired another kind of giving: littl…

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Cool Your Soup (Rebroadcast) - 10 April 2023 53:45

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According to Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, it's important to master the basics of writing, but there comes a time when you have to strike out on your own and teach yourself. Also, some Spanish idioms involving food: What does it mean to flip the tortilla or to eat turkey at a dance? Plus, a conversation about the difference between compassion and …

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Cats and Dogs - 5 April 2023 32:16

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It’s cats and dogs, and a few other critters, too. Animals prowl around inside several English words, including sleuth, which was originally sleuth-hound, a synonym for bloodhound. Plus, the language we use with our pets and the ways they communicate with us. Boop a snoot, anyone? And NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz stops by to add to the menagerie wi…

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Fair Dinkum - 3 April 2023 53:45

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A magnificent new book celebrates the richness and diversity of 450 years of written and spoken English in what is now the United States. It’s called The People’s Tongue, and it’s a sumptuous collection of essays, letters, poems, lyrics, and much more, from colonial times to the present. Plus, the story behind the phrase what are the odds? And spea…

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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Put on the Dog (Rebroadcast) - 27 March 2023 53:45

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Why isn’t “you’re welcome” the default response to “thank you” for everyone? Plus lies that kids tell, Philadelphia lawyer, cowbelly, skutch, mind-bottling vs. mind-boggling, tsundoku, infanticipating, noisy piece of cheese, a word game, and lots more. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn…

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Excuse the Hogs (Rebroadcast) - 20 March 2023 53:45

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When a teenager went a week without talking as part of a school project, he noticed a surprising side effect: Instead of rehearsing a response to what other people were saying to him, he was focused on listening — and feeling smarter as a result. Plus, a flight attendant is irritated by a certain term she has to use frequently with passengers. Migh…

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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.

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Words Work at Microsoft Podcast, a podcast about about how Microsoft culture has evolved, starting with the way we talk

Jennifer Bost & Amy King

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Just Skylarking - 5 June 2023 53:45

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Piping Hot (Rebroadcast) - 29 May 2023 53:45

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Folding Money - 22 May 2023 53:45

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Mimeographs and Dittos (Rebroadcast) - 15 May 2023 53:45

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Takes the Cake - 8 May 2023 53:45

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Truth and Beauty (Rebroadcast) - 1 May 2023 53:45

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Dessert Stomach (Rebroadcast) - 24 April 2023 53:45

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Blessing Box - 17 April 2023 53:45

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Cool Your Soup (Rebroadcast) - 10 April 2023 53:45

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Cats and Dogs - 5 April 2023 32:16

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Fair Dinkum - 3 April 2023 53:45

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Put on the Dog (Rebroadcast) - 27 March 2023 53:45

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Excuse the Hogs (Rebroadcast) - 20 March 2023 53:45

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