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Something Rhymes with Purple

Campus Martius

Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

We have a very intense episode for you this week… Or rather we should say in-tents, because this week we are fixing the guy ropes and battening down the hatches as we Carry On with Camping! Whether you’re a camping champion, prefer glamping with champagne or love to cook yourself a mushroom omelette over your fire pit, we’ve got all you outdoorsy-types covered. Elsewhere Susie explains why you might find mosquitoes in your canapés and Gyles fills his noggin with knowledge of various noggins. We also check in with your Purple Post suggestions of what one might call a “livretarian”, a “freeder”, one who partakes in “Partonage” or a “bibliosocialite”. If you’d like to get in touch with Gyles and Susie then please do! At [email protected]. Try 6 free issues of The Week magazine worth £23.94 today. Go to http://bit.ly/SomethingRhymeswithPurple and use your special code PURPLE to claim your 6 week free trial today. To buy SRWP mugs and more head to.... https://kontraband.shop/collections/something-rhymes-with-purple A Somethin' Else production. Susie’s Trio: Gowl - to weep in anger or frustration Glad-warble - to sing joyfully Snirtle - to try to suppress your laughter (often without success) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:12.9

Hello and welcome to another episode of Something Rimes with Purple. It's a podcast where my

1:18.3

friends, Susie Denj and I meet once a week and we talk about words and language, particularly

1:23.2

the origin of words where they come from. And the other day, on one of our shows, it was the one

1:28.8

about video games we called it Pocket Monster. I challenged Susie to unearth the origin of the word

1:37.0

digs, meaning places where you stay. Actors talk about their digs, students talk about their digs,

1:43.8

and well, I didn't really know what the origin was, but I have a friend, a very distinguished actor

1:49.9

called Peter Bowles. And he told me that he had come across in the writings of James Boswell,

1:57.3

the Scottish young Scottish writer and admirer of Dr Johnson, who indeed made Dr Johnson famous by

2:05.6

writing about Dr Johnson, pioneer lexicographer. He had come across a character called Diggins,

2:13.2

who had a list of places where you could stay if you were an actor. He was known as Diggins'

2:19.7

list. And he maintained that digs becomes, is because Diggins had a list of places where you would

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