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    Forte or For-tay: Is Pronunciation Your Strong Suit? (minicast) - 24 June 2010

    Forte or For-tay: Is Pronunciation Your Strong Suit? (minicast) - 24 June 2010

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

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    Forte or For-tay: Is Pronunciation Your Strong Suit? (minicast) - 24 June 2010

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

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    7 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 24, 2010
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    How do you pronounce this word that means someone's "strong suit"? And what does it have to do with fencing?--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2010, Wayword LLC.
    Released:
    Jun 24, 2010
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    A fun weekly radio show about language seen through culture, history, and family. Co-hosts Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett talk with callers who have questions and stories about linguistics, old sayings, word histories, etymology, regional dialects, slang, new words, word play, word games, grammar, family expressions, books, literature, writing, and more. Your language questions: https://waywordradio.org/contact or words@waywordradio.org. Call toll-free *any* time in the U.S. and Canada at 1 (877) 929-9673. From elsewhere in the world: +1 619 800 4443. All past shows are free: https://waywordradio.org/. On Twitter at https://twitter.com/wayword.