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You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.

I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett.

Recently in the language world something happened that might be described as

the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the 4th of July, New Year's, three scoops of ice cream

and a new kitten all rolled into one.

Oh, I know where you're going.

You know what I'm talking about? I'm talking about the fact that the magnificent six-volume

Dictionary of American Regional English is now available online.

That's, it's digital and searchable and it's awesome.

And sound clips.

I know, sound clips. Check this one out.

The first purpose, well well that's like ham and eggs, eggs go with the ham, hush

purpose go with fish.

Hush puppies are made from cornmeal and onions and and you can put an egg in them.

And after you cook the fish in you fry them in the deep grease that you fry the fish in. Grant, that guy sounds just like my father's people. I mean the hairs on the back of my

next stand up when I hear that kind of thing and the online version of this

dictionary has 4,000 sound clips like that.

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