Gangbusters (Rebroadcast) - 17 September 2018

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 52 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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0:28.0	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 into your eyes and said,
0:42.0	May a mouse eat you?
0:44.4	I'd be confused.
0:46.2	Yes.
0:47.2	It's nice to hold someone's hands though.
0:48.5	That's nice.
0:49.6	And I know you don't mean any harm as far as I know.
0:52.4	Because you've been in the hardware store lately to the exile. No, no, no, no, no, no.
0:53.0	Yeah.
0:54.0	To the exile, 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
1:04.6	mush bocorat it which means may a mouse eat you and it's a term of endearment isn't
1:11.2	that sweet yeah you a mouse eat you.
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