Go Bananas - 12 September 2022

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🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

A caller wonders if she’s being hypersensitive about the way her boss addresses her in emails. Can the use of an employee’s first name ever reflect a power differential? And: a community choir director wants a term for “the act of gathering to sing for the pure joy of it, without ever preparing for a performance.” For her, the word rehearsal doesn’t really fit. Plus, what’s so funny about bananas, anyway? Why do we say That’s bananas!? Also glacial erratic, a Swahili riddle, defenestration, overmorrow, funny names for Greek gods, enchantment, accent, etui, a puzzle about similes, Kirchenfenster, Följa John, Mal comune mezzo gaudio, and El que no llora, no mama. 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	Hey, it's Martha with a quick word for our listeners in Vermont.
0:05.0	I'll be speaking at the Brooks Memorial Library on Wednesday, October 4th at 7 p.m.
0:10.0	I hope you'll bring your questions about language and your recommendations for the best
0:15.0	maple creamies and the best cider donuts in town.
0:18.0	That's Wednesday, October 4th at 7 p.m. at the Brooks Memorial Library.
0:23.0	The event is free, but you must register to attend.
0:26.0	Go to BrooksLibraryvt.org for details.
0:29.0	Hope to see you there.
0:31.0	You're listening to away with words, the show about language, and how we use it.
0:36.0	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:37.0	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:39.0	One of our Australian listeners is Rob McKayhill, and he lives in Karen's Queensland and shared
0:44.0	with us a little poem that he learned from his grandfather.
0:47.0	Now, the first time I read it, I completely misunderstood it.
0:51.0	It's a mixture of numerals and letters.
0:54.0	And I'm going to try this. I don't know how it's going to work in audio, but I'm going to try it.
0:58.0	I read it as 11 was one racehorse.
1:01.0	22 was 12.
1:04.0	111 race.
1:07.0	22,112, which makes no sense, right?
1:12.0	No, but I think I know where it's going.
1:14.0	You think, you know?
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