Coinkydink (Rebroadcast) - 18 May 2020

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🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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0:00.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:03.2	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:05.2	Grant, do you know who Pat and Charlie are?
0:08.0	Pat and Charlie?
0:09.2	No, they sound like Canadian television hosts a morning show over a round of fire.
0:15.4	Bearskin rugs.
0:17.2	They may be, but that's not the Pat and Charlie I'm thinking of.
0:21.0	Okay.
0:22.0	Say, I say, come over to my house grant for a party and you say okay I'll get a ride with
0:26.6	Pat and Charlie. Is that your own feet? You'll walk?
0:29.1	Your legs.
0:30.1	That's very good.
0:31.1	Yeah I'm gonna go with Pat and Charlie, I'm gonna get a ride with Pat and Charlie. I'm going to get a ride with Pat and Charlie.
0:35.0	Yeah, where did you pick that up? I stumbled across it in the dictionary of American
0:40.1	Regional English and it turns out there are lots and lots and lots of terms for going on foot someplace.
0:45.6	I know a few of them.
0:46.6	Yeah. Shanks Mare.
0:47.8	Shanks Mare.
0:48.8	Right.
0:49.8	Shevrolegs is one of my favorite.
0:50.9	What's that?
0:51.9	Shevrolegs. So instead of taking your
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