Gone To Seed - 3 April 2017

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week on A Way with Words: Restaurant jargon, military slang, and modern Greek turns of phrase. • Some restaurants now advertise that they sell “clean” sandwiches. But that doesn’t mean they’re condiment-free or the lettuce got an extra rinse. In the food industry, the word “clean” is taking on a whole new meaning. • A Marine veteran wonders about a phrase he heard often while serving in Vietnam: give me a huss, meaning “give me a hand.” • Surprising idioms used in Greece. For example, what does a Greek person mean if he tells you “I ate a door”? 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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0:35.8	In English, if we want to tell somebody to be alert, pay close attention, we might say
0:40.4	keep your eyes peeled.
0:41.8	But they have a great expression in Greece
0:43.9	that they use that translates as your eyes 14.
0:47.9	Your eyes 14?
0:49.3	Yeah, Tamache sauce decatecatecatecatecatea.
0:51.1	What is that mean? Which I love.
0:53.0	It's just like, I guess more than two eyes.
0:55.0	So like spider eyes?
0:57.0	Something like that.
0:58.0	Yeah, you know, the Greek mythical character Argus had a hundred eyes all over his body but Tamachesas dekitesera and you can hear the 14 in
1:06.3	Deca tesera I was going to point that out.
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