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

English Down Under - 21 Sept. 2009

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

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2009

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, Martha and Grant discuss terms from Australia, including aerial ping-pong, pumpkin squatter, and…kangarooster? They explain the connection between stereotypes and stereos, and why we call the person clearing tables in a restaurant a busboy. Also, what’s the plural of moose? Meese? Mooses? 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 words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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you're listening to Away With Words. I'm Grant Barrett.

0:36.5

And I'm Martha Barnett and here's a cool word for you. Grant, what is a kenga rooster?

0:42.4

That's a... Grant, what is a kenga rooster?

0:43.0

That's something created on the island of Dr. Moreau.

0:47.0

Right? A cross between a kangaroo and a rooster?

0:50.0

Uh, not quite.

0:52.0

Not quite. Not quite. It is a person from Australia. Isn't that fabulous? I love it.

0:58.0

A kangor rooster. Yes, I found this word in the Australian National Dictionary and this is such fantastic news

1:06.5

for language lovers.

1:07.5

It seems that Oxford University Press has been publishing this dictionary since 1908 and to celebrate this 100-year

1:15.5

milestone it has made the dictionary available for free online.

1:20.6

Oh that's fantastic I have a hard copy of it and it's a historical dictionary, right?

1:25.6

They provide some background on the history of the words.

1:28.0

Yeah, it's just lovely, but it's so much fun to have it on the internet.

1:31.8

It's my new internet time waster.

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