Hunk Waffle (Rebroadcast) - 2 September 2019

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 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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0:29.2	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,
0:40.5	How to Become Sober Instantly. Mix three tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar into
0:46.2	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.
0:57.0	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
1:06.1	24-7 I know right bulb right both of those tweets have every letter of the alphabet. You always guess this. I don't
1:16.1	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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