Kids Are Asking - 11 April 2019

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Questions from young listeners and conversations about everything from shifting slang to a bizarre cooking technique. Kids ask about how to talk about finding information on the internet, how tartar sauce got its name, and if the expression high and dry describes something good or something bad. Yes, kids often know more than their parents! Support the show to keep episodes coming: https://waywordradio.org/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	You're listening to a special edition of A Way With Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:34.4	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:35.4	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:37.0	Today we're listening back to some of our favorite discussions with some of our youngest
0:41.0	listeners. They have a way of making you take a second
0:44.0	look at familiar words and phrases. Hi who's this? Aya.
0:48.7	Aya, where are you calling calling from Virginia?
0:53.0	Virginia.
0:54.0	Well, welcome to the show.
0:55.0	Do you have a question for Asaya?
0:57.0	I wouldn't know if High and Dry is a good thing or a bad thing.
1:01.0	Is High and Dry a good thing or a bad thing. Is high and dry a good thing or a bad thing? Huh, well what got you
1:06.6	too wondering about that Aya? Because a week ago we called one of our families and we asked us their high and dry because there was a storm coming.
1:18.0	Okay. And so you wanted to know if they were safe.
1:22.0	I thought it was a bad thing. Oh. So what what do you think
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