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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Hunk Waffle - 23 October 2017

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Decisions by dictionary editors, wacky wordplay, and Walt Whitman’s soaring verse. How do lexicographers decide which historical figures deserve a mention or perhaps even an illustration in the dictionary? The answer changes with the times. • There’s a tweet about basketball that uses every letter of the alphabet at least once. Turns out there’s an entire Twitter feed full of tweets that pull off that same linguistic trick! • A Walt Whitman poem that crosses time, space, and experience. • Friday Wednesday vs. Wednesday Friday, actress vs. actor, balling the jack, à la mode, and grab the brass ring. 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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You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how you use it.

0:33.5

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:34.5

And I'm Martha Barnett.

0:36.0

Here are a couple of tweets that showed up in my Twitter feed.

0:39.0

One of them goes, How to Become Sober Instantly. Mix three tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar into

0:46.1

16 ounces of orange juice and drink quickly.

0:49.6

A gross.

0:50.6

Okay.

0:51.6

What does that have to do with language?

0:54.7

Let me give you another tweet.

0:56.9

My body just been taking any opportunity to detox since I quit smoking.

1:02.0

I sweat like crazy for every little thing and use the bathroom

1:06.0

24-7 I know right both of those tweets have every letter of the alphabet. You always guess this. I don't always

1:16.4

guess it. Every time I try these on you, you always guess that, but yes. But the reason I know this is because I know the guy who made those tweets happen in your feed.

1:25.6

Yes, it's it's from the the Twitter feed pangram tweets by your colleague Jesse Schiedlauer.

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