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

Bogarting Bangers - 31 Aug. 2009

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

A Way with Words

Society & Culture, Language Learning, Education

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🗓️ 31 August 2009

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Has the age of email led to an outbreak of exclamation marks? Do women use them more than men? Also, is there a word for the odd feeling when you listen to a radio personality for years, then discover that they look nothing like your mental picture of them? And what’s the origin of the verb bogart? 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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And I'm Martha Barnett.

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Think about all the written communications you read and write every day, all those

0:55.2

emails, all those text messages.

0:58.0

Am I the only one who thinks it's led to an outbreak of exclamation marks? Actually, I I'm not because there was a long essay recently

1:05.8

in the Guardian newspaper in which columnist Stuart Jeffries argues that the exclamation mark is

1:12.1

enjoying a renaissance and grant I think it's true don't you?

1:15.4

Yes really uh-huh I'm excited how do you I always wonder how do you read that

1:21.7

stuff Martha when you see an exclamation

1:23.1

mark if you read it aloud what does it do to your voice because I have a hard time

1:26.4

forcing that kind of enthusiasm which I know you do what no but it seems to be what

1:31.2

the exclamation marks are calling for.

1:33.0

I'm supposed to sound really excited when I read whatever they have to say.

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