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

Bingo Fuel - 13 July 2015

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

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

“If you come to a fork in the road… take it!” Baseball legend Yogi Berra was famous for such head-scratching observations. What most people don’t realize, though, is that the former Yankees star often wasn’t the first person to say them. As Berra himself once quipped, “I really didn’t say everything I said.” Speaking of Yankees, do you know what a “Yankee dime” is?  Here’s a hint: it’s wet, made with love, and you can’t take it to a bank. “It’s all downhill from here, y’all” – which isn’t always a bad thing. Plus, nice vs. kind, premises vs. premise, a time-travelling word quiz, “drunk as Cooter Brown,” “footing the bill,” and some new words for the opposite of avuncular.  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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0:00.0

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You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it.

0:23.3

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:24.3

And I'm Martha Barnett.

0:25.9

Lawrence Peter Barra, otherwise known as Yogi Berra, is widely regarded as one of the greatest

0:32.3

catchers in baseball history, but he's also famous for coming up with all kinds of quips and goofy statements

0:39.5

that make you stop and think. Like, for example, when you come to a fork in the road, take it.

0:46.3

Or this great advice, never answer an anonymous letter. Or, of course, famously, it's deja vu all over again.

0:58.3

These statements are so closely associated with him that they're sometimes called yogiisms,

1:03.3

but was yogi the first guy to ever say them?

1:07.0

Oh, probably not.

1:08.4

Probably not.

1:09.9

And a great place to investigate those kinds of claims is the website, quoteinvestigator.com.

1:16.7

It's run by linguist Garson O'Toole, who tries to chase down the origins of these kinds of quotes.

1:22.8

And so often he finds that there's really nothing new under the sun.

1:27.1

I mean, the ones that I

1:27.9

mention the, when you come to a fork in the road, take it and never answer an anonymous

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