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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 13 August 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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How do languages change and grow? Does every language acquire new words in the same way? Martha and Grant focus on how that process happens in English and Spanish. Plus, the stories behind the Spanish word "gringo" and the old instruction to elementary school students to sit "Indian Style." Finally, the English equivalents of German sayings provide clever ways to think about naps, procrastination, lemons, and more. Also: catawampus, raunchy, awful vs. awesome, Man Friday, and no-see-ums. Listen to all episodes for free: https://waywordradio.org/ Support the show to keep episodes coming: https://waywordradio.org/donate Your responses, questions, and comments are welcomed at any time! https://waywordradio.org/contact [email protected] Listener line 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the US and Canada Text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673 Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	You're listening to A Way With Words to show about language and how we use it.
0:33.0	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.0	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.0	The other day I was telling a friend about an experience that I had,
0:40.0	in which I ended up standing there,
0:42.0	surprised and disappointed
0:44.3	and looking kind of forlorn and at a loss.
0:47.3	And she said, oh, ordered and not picked up.
0:51.5	And I said, what? And I was so confused when she said that, but then we finally realized that she's a native German speaker.
1:00.0	And that's a borrowing of a German phrase. So it's like the take-out counter?
1:06.2	Yes, I was standing there like the pizza that got ordered and then nobody picked me up.
1:11.3	Oh, yeah, that's that's kind of perfect.
1:15.0	I know, I know.
1:16.0	That's a good one.
1:17.0	Order and not picked up for somebody who looks a little lost for words or lost in space.
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