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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Some college students are using the word loyalty as a synonym for monogamy. Are the meanings of these words now shifting? Plus, a biologist discovers a new species of bat, then names it after a poet he admires. Also, warm memories of how a childhood library card becomes a passport to new worlds. And: for a spell vs. cast a spell, thaw vs. unthaw, twice-cooked cabbage, a brain teaser in celebration of the great Stephen Sondheim, Dankie op’n plankie, right as rain, a turd of hurtles, a revolving s.o.b., tips for writing historical fiction, and plenty more. 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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0:00.0	You're listening to away with words, the show about language, and how we use it.
0:03.9	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:05.2	And I'm Martha Barnett. Here's a trivia question for you.
0:08.9	What well-known US poet has a species of bat named after her?
0:13.9	Well-known US poet has a species of bat named after her.
0:19.5	Uh, is this a joke or is it real?
0:22.2	No, no, it's real.
0:23.7	I don't know. Who?
0:26.0	Well, it's Nikki Giovanni.
0:28.1	Nikki Giovanni?
0:29.6	Yes, over her long career, she earned a whole lot of awards like the Langston Hughes medal.
0:35.0	She was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word album.
0:38.7	But she also has a species of bat named after her.
0:42.5	Micro-nictorist Giovanni-I.
0:45.6	Because in 2004, Robert Baker, who was a biologist at Texas Tech,
0:51.5	they're in Lubbock, discovered a new species of micro-nictorist.
0:55.3	And this is a bat that's also known as the leaf-nosed bat.
1:00.0	And he was a huge fan of Nikki Giovanni.
1:03.1	And he wrote at the time,
1:04.7	I decided to choose someone whose life work I respected immensely,
1:08.2	but that I'd never had contact with.
1:10.2	It was a way of going outside of my own world.
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