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

Bouncy House of Language (Rebroadcast) - 6 January 2014

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

A Way with Words

Education, Language Learning, Society & Culture

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Some people proudly embrace the label cancer survivor, while others feel that’s not quite the right word. Is there a better term for someone who’s battled cancer? Writers and listeners share the best sentence they’ve read all day. Plus, koofers and goombahs, Alfred Hitchcock and MacGuffins, why we put food in jars but call it canning, and why ring the door with your elbow means BYOB. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. 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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0:30.4

you're listening to a way with words the show about language and how we use it.

0:33.3

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:34.3

And I'm Martha Barnett.

0:35.8

I was reading a magazine article recently on Labido, which included this line.

0:40.5

And one of the world's masters of Rat lust is Jim Faust, a professor of psychology and

0:45.5

neuroscience at Concordia University in Montreal who wears hoop earrings and

0:49.8

used to sing in a punk band called Mold.

0:53.0

And Grant, I was reminded of the fact

0:55.3

that every once in a while, there's a sentence

0:57.4

that I come across in an article,

0:59.1

and I just have to look up because it's so arresting.

1:02.4

So you're reading and you're caught by it. Yes. look up and it's so arresting.

1:03.0

So you're caught by it and you look up and look around you to see it if anybody

1:06.8

else witnessed this miraculous event.

1:08.8

But it was just between you and the page.

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