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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The art of the invitation can be tricky. An inviter’s idea of invitation may be taken by an invitee as merely mentioning an event while they’re nearby. One such a misunderstanding went on for months! Plus, George Saunders, winner of the Booker Prize, says some of the best advice about crafting a story comes from Dr. Seuss. And the icebreaker that doubles as a Dad joke: Do you live around here or ride a bicycle? Wait, what??? Also, stodgy, claggy, undertaker, a fill-in-the-blanks brain teaser, funny childhood misunderstandings, antimetabole and chiasmus, widow’s peak, skylarking, and why some people pronounce the word wash as warsh. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.6	You're listening to away with words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:25.2	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:27.0	I'm Martha Barnett and we heard from a couple of listeners this week about eggs.
0:32.4	Lisa Burkini in Virginia Beach says that when her daughter Zoe was about three, she really
0:38.0	loved all kinds of foods, but she especially liked hard-boiled eggs.
0:43.0	And so in little Zoe would ask her mom to make them, she would ask for horrible eggs.
0:48.3	Ha ha ha ha.
0:51.2	Horrible eggs.
0:52.2	This is that of hard-boiled eggs.
0:53.8	Yes.
0:54.8	Mommy.
0:55.8	Can I have some horrible eggs?
1:01.3	And of course, Lisa's family still calls them horrible eggs.
1:04.6	Of course.
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