Hell's Half Acre - 27 March 2017

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 27 March 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hundreds of years ago, the word girl didn’t necessarily mean a female child — in the 14th and 15th centuries, it could refer to a child of either sex. Only later did its meaning become more specific. • Some people think that referring to a former spouse as an ex sounds harsh or disrespectful. So what do you call someone you used to be involved with? • The story behind the real McCoy. This term for something “genuine” has nothing to do with the famous feud nor an inventor. • Also, hairy at the heels, Spanglish, nose out of joint, punctuating abbreviations, and gaywater. 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 words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4	I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. What do you call a baby shower for the father to be?
0:40.1	I know now because I received, we received a thousand emails about it.
0:44.0	We sure did. We had this conversation a couple of weeks ago with Sherwood from Austin
0:49.0	who wanted to know what you call it when it's guys getting together to support the father to be.
0:55.2	And we had a couple things that we threw out Datschler party which some people use, but our
0:58.9	listeners, the emailers, had a ton of ideas.
1:01.9	The emailers and the callers.
1:03.6	We heard from Tiffany Maddox in Dallas
1:05.6	who suggested huggies and chuggies.
1:07.6	You know, the thing is, a lot of these,
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