Fickle Finger of Fate (Rebroadcast) - 7 January 2019

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

🗓️ 7 January 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Clean cursing for modern times, more about communicating after a brain injury, and 1970's TV lingo with roots in the Second World War. A young woman wants a family-friendly way to describe a statement that's fraudulent or bogus, but all the words she can think of sound old-fashioned. Is there a better term than malarkey, poppycock, or rubbish? Also, listeners step up to help a caller looking for a succinct way to explain that a brain injury sometimes makes it hard for her to remember words. Finally, you may remember the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate awarded on the old TV show "Laugh-In." As it turns out, though, the phrase "fickle finger of fate" is decades older than that! Listen to all episodes for free: https://waywordradio.org/ Support the show to keep episodes coming: https://waywordradio.org/donate Your responses, questions, and comments are welcomed at any time! https://waywordradio.org/contact [email protected] Listener line 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the US and Canada Text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673 Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Everything is fuel for your creativity with the Lenovo Yoga laptop series.
0:04.3	From the people you meet to the creators you follow, it all comes together with
0:08.0	Lenovo Yoga.
0:09.0	Plus, you get a 50 pound travel voucher and a shot at winning an awesome trip to New York and a Motorola
0:14.6	razor 40 Ultra. Check out the Lenovo Yoga series with laptops made for creatives at
0:19.7	Lenovo.com slash Yoga. Limited time only terms and conditions apply.
0:23.8	Engineered to do it all. That's a laptop evolved with Intel Evo Platform.
0:27.8	In the last year we've produced and distributed dozens of new episodes.
0:34.0	We've performed for live audiences coast to coast and answered thousands of language questions
0:38.5	online, on air, and in person.
0:41.3	When you donate to the show, it means even more of all that in 2019.
0:45.3	Go to our website wayward radio dot org and click on the big green donate button.
0:50.3	Thanks. lessons. Choose from 14 languages like Spanish, French, or German.
1:04.0	You'll learn through fun real life dialogues, speech recognition, and interactive trainers and quizzes.
1:09.0	Download the app or go to Babbel, Babell, B-A-B-B-E-L-D-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-D-C-C-C-O-T to try Babel for free.
1:15.0	And from Fusion Academy, a private middle and high school that meets students where they are by
1:20.7	personalizing their entire educational experience.
1:24.8	Their one-to-one teaching unlocks the academic, social, and emotional potential they believe is
1:30.6	in every child.
1:32.4	Learn how they're changing lives at fusion academy.com.
1:36.0	You're listening to a way with words, the show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett.
1:40.0	And I'm Martha Barnett. I came across the most lovely term the other day, Door Dwell.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from A Way with Words, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of A Way with Words and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.