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You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett.

And I'm Martha Barnett. The other day on our Facebook page,

Jeremy Benstein shared a letter that I'd forgotten about that I like very much, and I wanted

to share with you. Part of it, it goes like this. I like words. I like fat, buttery words,

such as ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady. I like solemn, angular, creaky words such as ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady. I like solemn, angular, creaky words such as straight-laced, cantankerous,

pecunius, valedictory. I like suave v words such as Svengali, Sveld, B, felt, bravura, verve. I like crunchy, brittle, crackly words such as splinter, grapple, josty. I like wormy, squirmy, mealy words such as crawl, blubber, squeal, drip. I like sniggly, chuckling words such as calic, gurgle, bubble, and burp.

Wow, who is that beautiful writer?

That's really great, right? His name is Robert Peroche, or P-I-R-O-S-H. And you can find the

entire text of that letter at Letters of Note.com, which we've discussed before on the show. And this was a

letter that he sent around to Hollywood Studios in the 1930s when he was trying to find a job. He had

been a copywriter at a New York ad agency, and then he changed his mind and headed to the West

Coast, and he actually ended up getting a job interview because of that letter. Well, this entire

show is a celebration of language, and we'd love to talk with you about it. Call us at 877-929-9673, or send us an email. The address is words at waywardradio.org. Hello, you have a way with words.

Hi, this is Abby, calling from Dallas, Texas. Hi, Abby. Welcome to the show. How

can we help you? What's going on? Well, I have this family phrase that we've used for many years,

and it's the phrase, I'm so sure. And we use it in many different ways. Sometimes we'll use it

as a term of disbelief, of excitement, of disagreement,

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