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

A Yankee Dime - 4 July 2011

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

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Remember misunderstanding certain words as a child? Maybe you figured “cat burglars” only stole cats, or assumed guerrilla fighters must be angry apes. Martha and Grant discuss childhood misunderstandings about language. Also this week, Yankee dimes, culch piles , hanging crepe, educational rubrics, and whether the language you speak influences the way you think. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. 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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0:46.0

You're listening to a way with words.'m Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. Think back to when you were a child.

0:58.0

Specifically, that point in your life where you knew just enough of your native language to get yourself really confused.

1:04.7

Last year.

1:05.7

Now stick with me, Grant.

1:08.7

Okay, listening.

1:09.7

I can remember when I was young hearing people talk on television about guerrilla fighters

1:15.8

and then seeing them on the screen and thinking, wait, they don't look so hairy.

1:20.8

In fact they look like people, what gives?

1:23.6

And I have a friend who said that when she first heard about cat burglars,

1:28.0

she was afraid that we're going to climb through the window

1:29.9

and take her cat and nothing else. And it got me to thinking about how as adults we take

1:35.7

for granted that words have multiple meanings and that homophones don't

1:39.9

necessarily mean the same thing but when you're of a certain age, it can really put some

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