Blind Tiger (Rebroadcast) - 14 March 2016

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 14 March 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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When you pick up a book of poems, how many do you read in one sitting? Some people devour several in a row, while others savor them much more slowly. Plus, it’s a problem faced by politicians and public speakers: When you have to stand in front of people, what do you do with your hands? German Chancellor Angela Merkel came up with a solution. She positions her fingers in a special way that’s become so closely associated with her, it now has its own name. And what does it mean if someone says you’re “a real pipperoo”? Plus, orange grove vs. orange orchard, Pilish, ducksnorts and duckfarts, and the worst online passwords imaginable. 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	You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:03.4	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:04.3	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:06.2	The date March 14th is always a special one for math geeks.
0:10.6	It's 314.
0:12.0	Oh, pie.
0:12.9	Exactly, it's pie day.
0:14.7	And in a year that ends in 1.5, like 2015, it's even more exciting for math geeks because it's 31415, which is some more.
0:25.4	3.141.
0:26.5	Right.
0:27.0	5926.
0:28.5	Yeah.
0:28.8	Okay.
0:29.3	Right.
0:29.8	And think about at 926 and 53 seconds, then it's 314159, 2, 6, 5, 3, which is thrilling, right?
0:40.7	For that fraction of a second?
0:42.6	Yes, and for the, right, for that fraction of a second, and for those math geeks.
0:47.5	But there's fun for word enthusiasts, too, because there's a whole branch of linguistic play known as pylish.
0:56.6	Pielish?
0:57.3	Yes, people write pymes instead of poems, and they do it in a way where the words represent pie by the number of letters that they have.
1:07.8	Oh, boy, you're going to have to illustrate for me.
1:09.6	Okay, all right. Well, like there's're going to have to illustrate for me. Okay. All right.
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