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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 30 May 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sensuous words and terms of endearment. Think of a beautiful word. Now, is it simply the word’s sound that makes it beautiful? Or does its appeal also depend on meaning? Also, pet names for lovers around the world: You might call your beloved “honey,” or “babe,” or “boo.” But in Swedish, your loved one is a “sweet nose,” and in Persian, you can just say you hope a mouse eats them. Finally, in certain parts of the U.S., going out to see a stripper may not mean what you think it means. Plus, clutch, dank, “girled up,” “gorilla warfare,” “dead ringer,” “spitten image,” butter beans vs. lima beans, and “the whole shebang.” Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. 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	This episode is brought to you by Deliverer because anything goes this Christmas. Yes, even sprouts on a pizza or gravy on sushi.
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0:29.2	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:35.0	And I'm Martha Barnett. Grant, how would you react if I took both of your hands in mine and looked
0:40.3	into your eyes and said, may a mouse eat you?
0:44.5	I'd be confused.
0:46.3	It's nice to hold someone's hands, though.
0:48.6	That's nice.
0:49.7	And I know you don't mean any harm as far as I know.
0:52.4	As you've been in the harm as far as I know. No, no, no, yeah.
0:54.0	To the Axile.
0:55.0	I don't know.
0:56.0	This is from another language, right?
0:58.0	Yes, exactly.
0:59.0	If you and I were Persian speakers, you would have an entirely different reaction because I would say
1:05.0	Moush Boca Ratte, which means may a mouse eat you, and it's a term of endearment.
1:11.0	Isn't that sweet?
1:12.0	May a mouse eat you.
1:13.0	Yeah, you're just so cute and little tiny and sweet.
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