Books With a Letter Missing (Rebroadcast) - 14 May 2012

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🗓️ 14 May 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Remember those children’s classics, the Velveteen Rabbi and The Little Price? The Twitterverse is abound with these books with a letter missing. And it turns out there’s some pimping going on in our hospitals, but it’s not what you’d think. Grant and Martha clear up the plead vs pleaded debate, touch on the use of product, and trace the history of shambles. Plus, a word puzzle with nursery rhymes, a map of regional grammar, and plenty of crazy vocab, from popinjays to the tee na na! 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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0:04.6	which means if you were to buy a four cheese pizza,
0:07.3	you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free.
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0:29.9	You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. If you love books in literature, you'll probably get a kick out of a discussion that's been making the rounds
0:33.7	on Twitter. The subject was books with a letter missing. And the idea is this.
0:39.0	You take a famous book title. Remove one letter so that you create a new book title on a totally
0:44.9	different topic and lots and lots of people rose to the challenge grant and the results,
0:49.7	as you know, were pretty darn funny. For example, remove one letter from a famous book title and you get
0:55.6	Marjorie Wilson's book about a spiritual leader's quest to be real. That would be the velveteen rabbi.
1:03.8	I saw that one too. You took one of mine. And then there's Louisa May Alcott's book about a black kitten crossing the path of four sisters.
1:14.4	That would be Little Omen.
1:19.0	That's pretty good.
1:20.8	Got one more for you, Grant.
1:22.4	Margaret Wise Brown's book about the cow who wouldn't go to sleep.
1:27.4	Oh, I don't't go to sleep.
1:28.8	Oh, I don't even want to try.
1:31.0	Good night, moo.
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