Gracious Plenty - 11 February 2013

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 10 February 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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When somebody sneezes, we say bless you or gesundheit. But suppose that person coughs. Are you supposed to say something — or are they? Plus, Mexican standoffs, gracious plenty, linguistic false friends, southpaw vs. northpaw, the slang of rabbit fanciers, a quiz about animal noises, and where to find a purple squirrel. And what’s so humbling about winning an award? Some people think the phrase “I’m honored” is preferable to “I’m humbled.” 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 [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.3	I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.4	Grant, we've talked about the word Binky. What's your understanding of that word?
0:38.4	That's a pacifier for a baby.
0:40.0	Yeah, yeah, but recently I learned a completely different meaning of the word and the person who enlightened me is Bruce Atchison and he's from Alberta, Canada and he belongs to several pet rabbit groups.
0:51.0	Pet rabbit groups.
0:52.0	Yeah, yeah, you know where I'm going with this?
0:53.8	It's great.
0:54.8	He emailed us to say that among rabbit fancies, a binky is when a bunny leaps up in the air and
0:59.8	does a 180.
1:01.8	Isn't that great? I've seen...
1:03.0	Yes, yes, and it turns out there is zillion videos on YouTube of rabbits Binky-Ing and he says it's also an exclamation
1:10.0	of ecstatic joy of living rabbits like other animals get into frisky moods when they let
1:14.3	off steam, a binky is part of their happy frolicing.
1:17.4	So they leap from a standing position and do a 180 and flop back down onto the ground.
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