An Ear For Wine - 10 November 2014

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 10 November 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Creative communication in a noisy world! Writing a clever 140-character tweet isn’t easy. But you know what’s even more impressive? Working all 26 letters of the alphabet into just one sentence! The term for that type of sentence is pangram. Naturally, there’s a whole Twitter feed featuring accidental pangrams from all over. And: More people are giving themselves coffee names to avoid confusion when ordering that cup to go. After all, what barista is going to misspell Elvis? And what’s the difference between a purse, a handbag, and a pocketbook? Martha and Grant root around for an answer. Plus: center vs. centre, capital vs. lowercase letters, the origin of sommelier, and an alternative to showering when travelling in an RV. 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 [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.3	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.3	And I'm Martha Barnett and it is quiz time.
0:36.7	Oh, no.
0:37.7	Just just a little.
0:38.7	Okay.
0:39.7	Okay. Okay.
0:40.7	I have a couple of tweets that I'm going to read to you.
0:43.0	These are actual tweets and I want to see if you can guess what they have in common, okay?
0:48.0	Here's tweet number one.
0:50.0	Job seeker tip.
0:52.0	When customizing your cover letter, relate your qualifications and experience
0:56.7	to the needs of the company you're applying to.
0:59.5	Okay, that's tweet number one.
1:02.4	Tweet number two is,
1:04.0	my prize in my cracker jack box,
	...

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