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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Eat My Hat - 30 June 2025

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Education, Language Learning, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Have you lived in your home so long that you don’t notice its flaws? In Sweden, they have a name for this condition: It’s hemmablind—literally, “home blind.” A popular Swedish TV program shows what you can do about it. Plus, unlocking the mysterious word conclave. And: How did the expression “throw in the towel” come to mean “give up”? Also, pully, visiting firemen, the origin of conclave, how to pronounce grimace, the reason to substitute a different word for substitute, a word challenge involving the letter Y, shiver me timbers!, kiss the dealer! and more. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email [email protected]. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Iron Hard has arrived on Disney Plus.

0:02.9

Yuri, what is going all with you?

0:04.8

From Marvel Television, an executive producer, Ryan Coogler.

0:07.8

I wanted to build something undeniable, but now I'm in trouble.

0:10.7

Don't miss the sixth episode of Vand.

0:12.7

I joined a crew of criminals, and now I'm about to get killed by a Drenched Man in a Cake.

0:17.8

Be the first to experience the all-new series.

0:20.5

You've bitten off a hell of a lot more than you can chew.

0:22.7

I don't have you a lot.

0:23.5

Marvel Television's Ironhard.

0:25.4

Now streaming.

0:26.3

Only on Disney Plus.

0:27.7

18 plus subscription required.

0:29.1

Deas and Cases Apply.

0:30.1

You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how are you

0:33.2

use it?

0:33.8

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:35.2

And I'm Martha Barnett, and listeners are still chiming in about the

0:39.0

question, what would you plant if you were a and then various professions, such as a jeweler

0:44.9

who might plant carrots. And we heard from Reed Pomeroy in lacrosse, Wisconsin, who offered a

0:51.4

couple of answers that I'd never heard before.

0:58.3

He suggested that baseball players would plant, plant what, Grant?

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