Drop a Dime - 7 October 2013

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A Way with Words

Education, Language Learning, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 October 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Why call it a doggy bag when it’s really for your husband? Grant and Martha talk about the language of leftovers and why we eat beef and not cow. And how old is the typical public-library patron? Plus, in Afghanistan, proverbs are part of everyday conversation — like the one about how every proud porcupine coos to its baby, “Oh, my child of velvet!” Also, the origin of the word khaki, the cycling term Fred, and how to pronounce calliope and kyarn. 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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0:28.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.4	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.4	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.8	Recently I had a chance to talk with Hollid Hosseini.
0:39.0	He's the author of the Kite Runner and a thousand splendid sons.
0:42.8	And I was interviewing him in front of an audience
0:45.4	here in San Diego about his latest bestseller
0:47.9	and the mountains echoed.
0:49.7	Hosseini grew up in Afghanistan
0:51.5	and there poetry is integrated into daily life in a way that we're not used to here in this country.
0:58.0	He said that in Kabul you can walk around and you can see the kind of graffiti that you see anywhere in the world but then you'll go
1:04.3	around a corner and you'll see that somebody spray painted the work of a 13th century mystic poet.
1:10.0	And we were talking also about the fact that Proverbs are a part of the fabric of everyday conversation there.
1:15.9	And here's one that I know you'll like.
1:18.1	A porcupine speaking to its baby says,
1:20.9	Oh my child of velvet.
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