Busted Melon - 7 December 2015

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 7 December 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

When writing textbooks about slavery, which words best reflect its cold, hard reality? Some historians are dropping the word slave in favor of terms like enslaved person and captive, arguing that these terms are more accurate. And raising a bilingual child is tough enough, but what about teaching them three languages? It’s an ambitious goal, but there’s help if you want to try. Plus, a class of sixth-graders wonders about the playful vocabulary of The Lord of the Rings. Where did Tolkien come up with this stuff? Also, funny school mascots, grawlixes, “that melon’s busted,” attercop, Tomnoddy, purgolders, and dolly vs. trolley vs. hand truck. 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 words@waywordradio.org. 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	Every episode of A Way With Words is a labor of love made possible by your support.
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0:15.8	You're listening to a way with words
0:17.1	a show about language and how we use it.
0:18.9	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:19.8	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:21.3	Grant, you will recall our conversation about winged beavers and banana slugs.
0:26.3	Yes.
0:27.3	Mascots, right?
0:28.3	Yes, yes.
0:29.3	Strange mascots. Yes.
0:30.3	And we put the call out to our listeners to let us know strange mascots they've come across and we heard from Joyce
0:37.2	Cisco in Cody, Wyoming who wrote this. I think you'll enjoy this.
0:41.7	Driving past the high school in a very small rural Montana town for the first time,
0:47.0	I noticed a very imposing black metal bat with wings spread across the top of a post.
0:53.0	It looked quite menacing and appeared to have been constructed by the students,
0:57.0	perhaps in Medal Shop.
0:59.0	It took me a few minutes to realize that it was the perfect mascot for a high school in Belfry, Montana.
1:05.0	Oh!
1:07.0	There is a Belfry, Montana. It's tiny.
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