Parhaat Way With Words Podcastit (2025)

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Lasagna Hog (Rebroadcast) - 10 March 2025 53:45

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Understanding the varieties of conversational styles can mean the difference between feeling you’re understood and being insulted. “High-involvement” speakers interrupt or talk along with someone else to signal their enthusiasm, while “high-considerateness” speakers tend more toward thoughtful pauses and polite turn-taking. Adjusting your speaking …

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Kiss the Cow (Rebroadcast) - 3 March 2025 53:45

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An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word “stressed” spelled backwards is “desserts.” Some people’s first names are anadromes. There’s the girl named Noel in honor of her father Leon, and the woman named Edna who adopted the name Ande. Speaking of names, know anybody whose occupation fits t…

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Smack Dab - 24 February 2025 53:45

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A flashlight emits a steady beam of light. So what’s the flash part of that word about? Also, if you’re a nervous Nellie, you’re skittish and indecisive—both characteristics of an American politician who earned that nickname in the 1920s. And, rhinestone: The name of this sparkly fake gem has a history that involves a famous river in Europe. Plus, …

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Lead on Macduff (Rebroadcast) - 17 February 2025 53:45

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For rock climbers, skiers, and other outdoor enthusiasts, the word send has taken on a whole new meaning. You might cheer on a fellow snowboarder with Send it, bro! — and being sendy is a really great thing. Plus: a nostalgic trip to Willa Cather’s’ Nebraska home inspires a reading from one of her classic books about life on the American prairie. A…

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Holy Toledo - 10 February 2025 53:45

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In 1944, an Italian scientist discovered a drug that he later named for his wife. His wife’s name was Marguerite, but she went by Rita — which is why this now familiar drug is known as Ritalin. Plus, a poem about churning butter shows how a writer can draw astonishing beauty out of the most everyday of tasks. And the exclamation holy Toledo! probab…

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Tribble Trouble (Rebroadcast) - 3 February 2025 53:45

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In Cockney rhyming slang, apples and pears is a synonym for "stairs," and dustbin lids means kids. Plus, sniglets are clever coinages for things we don't already have words for. Any guesses what incogsneeto means? It's the act of trying to hide your sneeze while wearing a face mask. Also, how the vocabulary of science fiction influences our everyda…

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Ring-Tailed Tooter (Rebroadcast) - 27 January 2025 53:45

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National Book Award winner Barry Lopez had wise advice for young writers. First, read widely and follow your curiosity. Second, travel or learn a foreign language. And third, find out what you truly believe, because if you’re not writing from your beliefs, then you’re just passing along information. And: if someone says they’re going to plant flags…

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Potato Wagon - 20 January 2025 53:45

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Thunderstorms might sound scary, but playful explanations for all those booms can help reassure little ones: How about the potato wagon’s rolling over the bridge? Or the angels are going bowling? Plus, if you just finished enjoying an audiobook, you might say you’ve read it, but a listener asks if there’s a better word. And: towns with names that a…

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What the Blazes (Rebroadcast) - 13 January 2025 53:45

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What kind of book do people ask for most often in prison? Romance novels? No. The Bible? No. The most requested books by far are … dictionaries! A number of volunteer organizations gather and distribute used dictionaries to help inmates with reading, writing, and schoolwork. Plus: For some low-tech family fun, how about egg-tapping? Traditionally p…

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Mudlarking (Rebroadcast) - 6 January 2025 53:45

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Twice a day the River Thames recedes, revealing a muddy shoreline. Hobbyists known as mudlarks stroll the surface searching for objects that have found their way into the river over the centuries, everything from ancient Roman jewelry to modern wedding rings. A new book about mudlarking describes the irresistible appeal of searching for treasures a…

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Snaggletooth (Rebroadcast) - 30 December 2024 53:45

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Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary language and even internet slang to create a fresh take on this centuries-old poem — right down to addressing the reader as Bro! Als…

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Honkus Bonkus - 23 December 2024 53:45

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The phrase old as Methuselah describes someone quite advanced in years. In ancient scripture, Methuselah was a man who somehow lived to the ripe old age of 969. Plus, a heartwarming book for children tells the story of how a Puerto Rican family adapted their traditions to fit their new life in the Midwest. And if you say this ain’t my first rodeo, …

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Like a Boiled Owl (Rebroadcast) - 16 December 2024 53:45

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What’s it like to hike the Pacific Crest Trail all the way from Mexico to Canada? You’ll end up with sore muscles and blisters, and great stories to tell. Along the way, you’ll also pick up some slang, like NoBo, SoBo, Yo-yo and Hike Naked Day, an annual event that’s pretty much what it sounds like. Plus, which came first, the color orange or the f…

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Way With Words podcastit

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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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Lasagna Hog (Rebroadcast) - 10 March 2025 53:45

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Kiss the Cow (Rebroadcast) - 3 March 2025 53:45

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Smack Dab - 24 February 2025 53:45

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Lead on Macduff (Rebroadcast) - 17 February 2025 53:45

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Holy Toledo - 10 February 2025 53:45

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Tribble Trouble (Rebroadcast) - 3 February 2025 53:45

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Ring-Tailed Tooter (Rebroadcast) - 27 January 2025 53:45

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Potato Wagon - 20 January 2025 53:45

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What the Blazes (Rebroadcast) - 13 January 2025 53:45

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Mudlarking (Rebroadcast) - 6 January 2025 53:45

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Snaggletooth (Rebroadcast) - 30 December 2024 53:45

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Honkus Bonkus - 23 December 2024 53:45

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Like a Boiled Owl (Rebroadcast) - 16 December 2024 53:45

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