Heads Up! It's a Meteor! (rebroadcast) - 21 November 2011

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 14 November 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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“Well, Butter My Buns and call me a biscuit!” Martha and Grant talk about great catch phrases from old-time radio comedies. Also, why do we speak of a meteoric rise? Don’t meteors plummet? What do you keep in a Fibber McGee drawer? Plus, myriad vs. myriad of, enamored of vs. enamored with, autocorrected text messages. And Martha shares a trick for eliminating those annoying verbal fillers like “um” and you know” from one’s speech. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.9	And you can still find us online at wayward radio.org.
0:51.0	You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:53.7	And I'm Martha Barnett. In an earlier episode, we talked about those so-called smartphones that can sometimes correct your text incorrectly.
1:01.7	Like the poor woman who was left breathless by the text message from her father that read,
1:05.7	Your mom and I are going to divorce this month.
1:08.3	A few seconds later, she got one from him that said, I wrote Disney and this phone
1:12.5	changed it.
1:13.1	We're going to Disney.
1:15.6	Love that.
1:16.7	And quite a few of you wrote in to share your own auto corrections.
1:20.3	Anne Palomara wrote to say, my roommate's name is Brooke.
1:25.4	An old phone commonly changed her name to Arnold.
1:26.7	Arnold.
1:27.3	Arnold. Why? Brooke, Arnold. I'm looking her name to Arnold. Arnold. Arnold.
1:28.1	Why?
1:28.3	Brooke, Arnold.
1:29.3	I'm looking at the keyboard going, huh?
1:32.3	Poor Brooke.
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