Gold Dance (Rebroadcast) - 12 May 20256

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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People who hunt treasure with metal detectors have a lingo all their own. Canslaw means the shreds of aluminum cans left after a lawnmower ran over them. And gold dance? That's what you do if you turn up something far more valuable than parts of an old beer can. Plus, a splendid new dictionary offers an in-depth look at the rich language of Southern Appalachia, from parts of West Virginia to Georgia. And why do television announcers greet viewers with the phrase "Welcome back" after a commercial break? Weren't they the ones who went away? Plus, coinball, bacon bats, Katzensprung, quote unquote vs. quote end quote, a quiz about synonyms, joke tags, dials and smiles, low sick, took a dump, and Get out of my bathtub! Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email [email protected]. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.5	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.7	And I'm Martha Barnett, and I am sorely tempted to start a new hobby, if only for the slang.
0:41.5	What's at this time?
0:42.4	Painting bridges, naming clouds?
0:45.2	No, no, no, I got tired of those.
0:47.0	But the vocabulary of the hobby I'm talking about includes terms like coinball, nighthawk, gold Dance, and my favorite, Kanslaw, C-A-W.
1:01.0	Kansla, coinball? Is this like something you buy at the fair? I'll have a cornball, coin ball, and a corn dog.
1:12.1	And an elephant ear.
1:13.8	No, these are all terms that come from the field of metal detecting.
1:18.7	Oh, right.
1:20.4	So a coin ball is a chunk of dirt you find with a coin inside.
1:24.4	And maybe in their lingo it has friends, that is, their other little coins in
1:29.3	the same hole that you dig.
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