By the Seat of Your Pants - 3 February 2014

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 2 February 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Dude! We’re used to hearing the word “dude” applied to guys. But increasingly, young women use the word “dude” to address each other. Grant and Martha talk about linguistic research about the meaning and uses of “dude.” Also, the story behind the term “eavesdropping.” Originally, it referred to the act of standing outside someone’s window. Plus: by and large, by the seat of your pants, drawing room, snowhawk, Netflix o’clock, glegged up, quarry, and that’s all she wrote. 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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0:27.8	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.2	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.2	And I'm Martha Barnett, and Grant I have a mathematical riddle for you.
0:37.8	Yes, please.
0:38.8	There are 30 cows and 28 chickens.
0:41.8	How many didn't?
0:43.0	30 cows and 28 chickens. How many didn't?
0:48.0	28 chickens.
0:49.0	10.
0:52.0	Oh good, that's good. That took me forever. Right. 30 cows and 28 chickens that is the cows ate the chickens.
0:59.3	So it sounds like the number 28 projection thing 20.
1:03.0	ATE.
1:05.0	Yeah.
1:06.0	That's a tough one, right?
1:07.0	You have to try that one out on your kid.
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