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Something Rhymes with Purple

Gregarious

Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re separating the wheat from the chaff and paying tribute to those hard-working folk who will be working the land over the Christmas season. So roll up your sleeves and dig in with us as we uncover the origins of a ploughman’s lunch, learn of the debt that the financial world owes the lexicon of agriculture, and we get under the linguistic bonnet of the combine harvester. A Somethin’ Else production To buy SRWP mugs and more head to.... https://kontraband.shop/collections/something-rhymes-with-purple If you would like to sign up to Apple Subs please follow this link https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/something-rhymes-with-purple/id1456772823 and make sure that you are running the most up-to-date IOS on your computer/device otherwise it won’t work. If you would like to see Gyles and Susie LIVE and in person on our Something Rhymes With Purple UK Tour then please go to https://www.tiltedco.com/somethingrhymeswithpurple for tickets and more information. Susie’s trio: Gutling – a greedy eater Anythingarian – someone who doesn’t really believe in anything strongly Colworts – old news; tired old cabbage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:32.5

around a six-seater table and the cat taking down the tree. Again! Christmas can be tricky.

0:40.2

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1:11.5

Hello and welcome to Something Rimes with Purple. I'm Jiles Brandruth. I'm speaking to

1:16.7

you from London, England and my colleague and Christmas week companion is my friend, the

1:21.9

great lexicographer Suzy Dent. Where are you, this Christmas Suzy? I'm in Oxford and

1:27.7

I'm talking to you in front of my giant fish painting, which has seen a lot of podcasts

1:33.1

and a lot of action over the last couple of years, action in terms of me working at my

1:36.9

desk. And yeah, I'm still here. You're still there. I hope in some ways we're having

1:41.6

a better Christmas week than I am. Last night, the, I don't know what went wrong, the

1:46.7

heating seemed to work, but the hot water went off. Oh, no. And I had that startling experience

1:52.9

of clamoring into the shower and ice cold water. And I kept fiddling with it and then there

1:58.0

was still ice cold water. And I know a little bit of the shock of it, it's supposed to be

2:01.5

good for you. Yes, do you remember what it's called? What is it called? The word for the

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