Dust Bunnies - 24 March 2014

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🗓️ 24 March 2014

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Is it cheating to say you’ve read a book if you only listened to it on tape? Over the centuries, the way we think about reading has changed a lot. There was a time, for example, when reading silently was considered strange. Plus, what do you call those soft rolls of dust that accumulate under the bed? Dust bunnies? Dust kitties? How about house moss? And the surprising backstory to every man’s favorite accessory—the cummerbund. Also: saucered and blowed, skinflint, sporty peppers, tips for proofreading, and the Great Chai Tea Debate. 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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0:25.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:31.5	I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Grant Barrett. Grant you and I
0:34.4	both listen to a lot of podcasts. Lately I've been trying to mix things up for
0:38.8	myself a little bit. I'm not listening so much to other radio shows, but I'm listening to Old Sherlock Holmes
0:44.9	stories.
0:45.9	You know, the Conan Doyle, I'm binge listening.
0:49.3	Binge listening.
0:50.3	Um, but you know what?
0:51.6	Sometimes I still feel when I'm listening to audio books that I'm I don't know cheating
0:56.9	So yeah yeah it feels a tiny bit transgressive you know like I'm not allowed to do it do you know what I mean I do know
1:04.4	what I mean oh good I'm really really absorbed I'm really loving listening this
1:09.6	way but then you know if I tell somebody that I read the book then I still like a liar I do and and we've been talking about this on our Facebook page and we've had some really
1:20.6	Thoughtful comments about this.
1:23.1	And I especially liked one from Tyler Connolly,
1:25.7	who said that he learned to love reading
1:27.7	by having his sister read to him when he was little.
1:30.5	He said, we read The Chronicles of Narnia, the Anne of Green Gables series, and all of the
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