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Our American Stories

"Gung-ho & Cheesy Smile" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 8)

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson shares another slice of his guide to understanding the baffling mini-mysteries of the English language. The book is Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions and Fun Phrases.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.5

Adventure should never come with a pause button.

0:07.1

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0:08.4

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0:11.1

I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet.

0:13.9

And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told.

0:17.4

Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of movie pass who got pushed out of the company

0:21.6

he built.

0:22.8

Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it.

0:27.3

And then boom, it's everywhere.

0:29.3

And that was that moment.

0:30.7

Listen to there are no girls on the internet on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:44.7

You know, or wherever you get your podcast. And we continue with our American stories.

0:48.0

And up next, we continue with our recurring series about the curious origins of everyday sayings.

0:56.0

Here to join us once again is Andrew Thompson as he continues to share another slice

1:02.0

from his ultimate kind to understanding these mini mysteries of the English language.

1:09.0

A goody two shoes is someone who is virtuous in a smug manner,

1:13.7

and it derives from the 1765 children's book,

1:17.3

The History of Little Goody Two Shoes, written by Oliver Goldsmith.

1:21.7

It tells the story of Marjorie Meanwell,

1:25.3

an orphan who can only afford one shoe.

1:32.3

She's given a pair of shoes by a rich man and in her excitement yells, Two Shoes, Two Shoes.

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