Everything is Tickety-Boo - 9 May 2011

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 9 May 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

News reports that the makers of Scrabble were changing the rules to allow proper names left some purists fuming. The rumors were false, but they got Grant thinking about idiosyncratic adaptations of the game’s rules. Also this week, the origins of the terms picket lines and hooch, why actors “go up on their lines,” terms for “diarrhea of the mouth,” and what we mean when we say there’s an “800-pound gorilla in the room.” 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

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0:44.0	You're listening to a way with words. I'm Martha Barnett.
0:51.0	And I'm Grant Barrett.
0:53.0	I heard a crazy thing the other day.
0:55.0	It turned out not to be true, but I want to share it with you anyway.
0:58.0	Somebody was telling everyone else, and I say somebody that was the BBC and a bunch of other British newspapers,
1:02.0	that Scrabble was going to allow proper nouns to be used on the board.
1:07.0	Oh yeah, the Twitter sphere went crazy.
1:10.0	Yeah, it was astonishing, but it turned out that it was just bad reporting.
1:13.0	As Stephanofaxus wrote for Slate, Mattel which owns the rights to the game outside of North
1:17.6	America is releasing a card game called Scrabble Trickster.
1:20.5	It's almost nothing like the board game.
1:23.0	It's simply a pretty crummy game dressed up with a quality brand name, Scrabble.
1:27.0	Right?
1:28.0	So nobody's going to play that Icelandic volcano name on me, right?
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