A Murmuration of Starlings (Rebroadcast) - 30 July 2012

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🗓️ 30 July 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve eaten crispy chicken, you might also have had jo-jo potatoes. Speaking of chicken, ever wonder why colonel isn’t pronounced KOH-loh-nell? Grant and Martha have the answers to those nagging little questions, like the difference between a turnpike and a highway and the rules on me versus I. Who’s behind eponyms in anatomy and why are doctors phasing them out? Plus, a newsy limerick challenge, dog breed mashups, pallets, a little Spanglish, and enough -ologies to fill a course catalog! 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. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All the big names are here.
0:01.8	Oh, who is that?
0:03.1	I think she was in the movie about that really big shark.
0:05.8	No, not her, the florist.
0:07.8	She's automating invoices on the go so she can spend more time on that flower wall.
0:12.4	Quickbooks to save you up to eight hours a week
0:15.0	so you could bring your vision to life.
0:17.0	That's how you business differently.
0:19.0	Into its QuickBooks.
0:20.0	You're listening to Away with Words.
0:22.0	I'm Martha Barnett.
0:23.0	And I'm Grant Barrett. Martha, how about a quiz?
0:25.5	Bring it on.
0:26.5	All right. I knew you'd be game for this.
0:28.5	Okay.
0:29.5	And it plays to your strengths, and that's a clue on the answers, okay?
0:32.0	Ah, my strengths, which one you're classical training we all know that theology is the study of God and religion right right from the Greek for God yeah but what is a L-E-T-E- A lethyology. A lethyology. Okay, I'm betting that's the study of truth.
0:53.0	Yeah, very good exactly right the study of truth.
0:56.0	It's the kind of thing that you might do in philosophy.
0:58.0	Okay.
0:59.0	Okay. I've got a couple others. They're vaguely related.
1:01.0	See if you can get these as well.
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