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Something Rhymes with Purple

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Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Recorded live in front of a sell-out crowd at Newcastle’s Northern Stage theatre we’re celebrating International Women’s Day and taking a close look at how the vocabulary we use changes when talking about women as opposed to men. After delving into some canny Geordie phrases and highlighting the historic work of a local unsung linguistic hero, we discover why some words, such as bubbly and airhead, are only ever used when describing women. And we look at the journeys of words like harlot, buxom, and hussy and how, over the years, their positive origins have been cruelly adapted. A Somethin’ Else production. We love answering your wordy questions on the show so please do keep sending them into [email protected] 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: Barleyfumble – an old Scots word meaing ‘truce’ Ruelle – the space between the bed and the wall Amplexus – the mating embrace of a frog and a toad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because

0:05.4

I'm a bit for homebody and I love a 5.

0:08.0

But I think it's just the holiday period, it's just for me, it's the most romantic period.

0:14.2

And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.

0:18.8

Joy in every zip with red carp's now back at Starbucks.

0:26.3

Between forgetting the sellotape, trying to squeeze 8 people around a 6-seater table and

0:30.7

the cat taking down the tree.

0:32.3

Again!

0:34.3

Christmas can be tricky.

0:36.7

At least with Royal Mail, sending parcels is easy.

0:39.9

You can save time and money when you buy your postage online and we'll collect from

0:43.1

you door for £0.

0:44.9

Whether you have 1, 2 or 20 to send, just click, save and we'll collect.

0:50.0

Visit RoyalMail.com forward slash send.

0:53.3

Simple, offer in 31st December for details online.

1:05.6

Welcome to something rhymes with purple live from Newcastle's Northern Stage.

1:23.0

This broadcast is coming to you from a beautiful theatre which was called the Gull Banking

1:27.6

Theatre when I first visited it.

1:29.4

But it's been re-done refurbished.

1:31.6

All the seats are now in purple.

1:33.1

We've got a quality crowd, a packed house, totally full, including my sister-in-law, Pat

1:38.7

who lives in Newcastle.

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