Coinkydink - 1 October 2018

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A Way with Words

Education, Language Learning, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Sometimes it's a challenge to give a book a chance: How many pages should you read before deciding it's not worth your time? There's a new formula to help with that decision — and it's all based on your age. • Have you ever noticed someone mouthing your words as you speak? That conversational behavior can be disconcerting, but there may be good reasons behind it. &bulll A punk rock band debates the pronunciation of homage: is it OM-ij, OH-mazh, or something else entirely? Plus: chevrolegs, on fleek, hornswoggle, twenty-couple, coinkydink, and the correct way to say Nevada. 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/. Email [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. Our listener phone line 1 (877) 929-9673 is toll-free in the United States and Canada. Elsewhere in the world, call +1 (619) 800-4443; charges may apply. From anywhere, text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.2	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.6	Grant, do you know who Pat and Charlie are?
0:38.0	Pat and Charlie?
0:39.0	No, they sound like Canadian television hosts a morning show over a round of fire.
0:45.4	Bearskin rugs.
0:47.2	They may be, but that's not the Pat and Charlie I'm thinking of.
0:51.0	Say, I say, come over to my house grant for a party and you say, okay, I'll get a ride with
0:56.6	Pat and Charlie.
0:57.6	Is that your own feet?
0:58.6	You'll walk?
0:59.6	Your legs, that's very good.
1:00.8	Yeah, I'm going to go with Pat and Charlie.
1:03.0	I'm going to get a ride with Pat and Charlie.
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