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Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Testing, testing… one-two, one-two. Turn your wireless to the correct frequency and then turn it up as this week we bring you the terminology behind the world of radio. Discover the agricultural origins of the word ‘broadcast’, learn the difference between wet and dry audio, and find out why a bed is not for sleeping in and a disco isn’t an opportunity to dance. Elsewhere Susie’s got a fantastic trio of words to add to your vocabulary, we learn about Gyles’ first job in radio, and we’ve got a very special poem from a Purple Person. If you have a question for Gyles and Susie then please do email us on [email protected] A Somethin’ Else production Susie’s Trio: Cromulent - acceptable or legitimate Pooter - a suction bottle used for collecting specimens Rawky - foggy, damp, and a little bit chilly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.3	Something that's...
1:04.1	Hello and warm welcome to our podcast, Something Rimes with Purple,
1:15.1	presented by the world's greatest lexicographer, that's Susie Dent,
1:18.8	not that she describes herself as that, but I do because it's true and by me,
1:23.2	Giles Brandruth.
1:24.9	And today, we're podcasting, but it reminds me that the word podcast is quite new,
1:31.5	and it's a successor, I suppose, to the word broadcast.
1:35.3	How long's the word broadcast been allowed around Susie?
1:38.6	Well, it's the 19th century Giles, and it means to scatter seed with the hand.
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