Grimmer Girl here, I'm a Neon Fogarty, and you can think of me as your friendly guide to

the English language, writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.

Today, I have a segment about the phrase, pitch black, another segment about frankincense

and mure, and a family-like story about going to the bathroom.

Before we get started, I have a quick announcement.

We're going back to one episode a week.

I've been doing the twice a week experiment for almost a year, and even though I love love,

being able to bring you more tidbits and meaty middles about language, it's also just a

little much for me, and it turned little things like getting a cold into big problems.

So I was faced with having to hire more help if I wanted to keep up this schedule, and

ultimately I decided I just want to keep my life simple.

I'll also be doing fewer interviews.

I have a great one already recorded for early January, and then I'll probably do one every

two or three months going forward.

So that's the deal.

And if you're a new listener and you just had to listen to all that, I'm sorry, bad timing,

and welcome.

You love language, we love language, let's get started.

If you're a listener in the Northern Hemisphere, this Saturday will be the Winter Solstice,

the shortest day of the year.

It's so dark.

If you live there, Solstice comes every year on December 21 or 22, the day when the

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