Bean Counting - 19 May 2025

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In the 1920’s, Americans were warned of a new danger sweeping across the country. This menace that harmed people’s health, ruined minds, and threatened marriages. The culprit? The national obsession with a new form of entertainment: crossword puzzles. Plus: why are accountants referred to as bean counters? And an old-fashioned way to describe a noisy, new restaurant: You can’t hear your ears in this place! Also, alcoholic, vacuum vs. sweeper, swarping and sworping, hove and heave, a quiz about funny surnames, objet trouvé, Wunderkammer, a punny school mascot, and debubiate. 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 [email protected]. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:34.1	My name is Grant Barrett.
0:36.0	And my name is Martha Barnett.
0:38.4	And we heard from Jane McDonald, who lives in Reno, Nevada.
0:42.2	Jane is a big crossword puzzle enthusiast, and she shared her favorite crossword clue
0:47.5	of all time.
0:48.5	Grant, I know you want to hear this.
0:50.3	Oh, yes, please.
0:51.3	Okay.
0:52.3	The clue is bread machine, and the answer has three letters.
0:58.2	Bread machine?
1:00.4	Hmm. P.N? Because that means bread. Oh, that's very good, right? Right? Bread in Latin and other romance
1:10.7	languages? No. No, right? Right? Bread in Latin and other romance languages.
1:11.7	No.
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