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Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Join Susie and Gyles this week as we unravel the captivating stories behind the letters 'E' to 'L,' in the second installment of our alphabet journey. We explore the rich history and surprising connections that have shaped our language, and of course indulge in Gyles' infamous anecdotes. We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: [email protected] Want even more purple, people? Join the Purple Plus Club by clicking the banner in Apple podcasts or head to purpleplusclub.com to listen on other platforms' Don’t forget that you can join us in person at our upcoming tour, tap the link to find tickets: www.somethingrhymeswithpurple.com Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: Timdoodle (Cornwall): An insult for a stupid fellow. Lab-dab: A profuse perspiration. Nickerers: New shoes that make a creaking noise. Gyles' poem this week was 'Happinness' by Colin Hinton - whoGyles met who took part Gyle's poetry together chatiry Happiness for me is my aim, Happiness for all others is my aim. This is what I will endeavour to attain, With all the thoughts within my brain. To all my family, I wish happiness, To all my friends, I wish happiness, To others I meet today, I wish happiness, To the whol world, I wish happiness. For this, I endeavour to do my best, To spread happiness, From east, To west. I will always smile, laugh and jest So that all that meet me, Will feel at rest. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.8	Hello, Giles here and knowing that we have a family audience and the purple people often include
0:40.2	some very young people, just to say that today's episode does include some language
0:45.8	that some people may find uncomfortable or offensive.
0:48.8	Hello and welcome to something rhymes with purple. This is the
0:56.2	podcast all about words and language and today we're returning to a subject that
1:01.8	we thought we could cover in a single episode
1:03.7	oh so foolishly Giles didn't we and we ended up just doing a teeny tiny fraction of the
1:10.2	entire subject.
1:11.2	Okay razor sharp on top of it.
1:12.6	We got to A, to E, last time.
1:14.2	We're going to go F onwards as far as we get today.
1:16.7	I appreciate that's what's happening.
1:18.4	And I learned this week that foreign students learning English are now being taught modern phrases and slang words
1:26.4	such as beef, bear and fam at schools and colleges.
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