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No Cap, No Lie (Rebroadcast) - 21 March 2022
FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
No Cap, No Lie (Rebroadcast) - 21 March 2022
FromA Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
We take our voices for granted, but it's truly miraculous that we communicate complex thoughts simply by moving our mouths while exhaling. A fascinating new book reveals the science, history, and linguistics involved in human speech. And although you might associate the term paraphernalia with drug use, the word goes all the way back to ancient Greece and the property of a new bride. Plus: you're jogging through the woods and come up behind someone. What do you say to keep from startling them? Excuse me? On your left? What IS the opposite of Boo!? Also, inoculate, no cap, it's been a minute, doorwall vs. sliding door, asinble, a verbal escape-room puzzle, chimbly and chimley, intentional mispronunciations, inoculate, no cap, and the handy German word Impfneid, which means "vaccine envy."
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Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation.
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Released:
Mar 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Road Trip! - 26 May 2008: Road games, plus we come up with a word for mindlessly using the phone while in the car. by A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over