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🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word “stressed” spelled backwards is “desserts.” Some people’s first names are anadromes. There’s the girl named Noel in honor of her father Leon, and the woman named Edna who adopted the name Ande. Speaking of names, know anybody whose occupation fits their name? Maybe a college administrator named Dean, or a breadmaker named Baker? Well, there’s a name for that concept: nominative determinism. Plus, a conversation about how hard it can be to gracefully end… a conversation. Also: a puzzle about famous names, Wellerisms, kaffedags and fika, a kissing game, moco, greissel, twacking, the plural of computer mouse, and more. 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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3:00.0	older siblings because they're much older and it's just a little note about
3:04.6	her character and personality that Anola is alone when we're reversed.
3:10.0	Good movie, by the way, and interesting books.
3:12.8	Okay, I'll check it out. Well, if you know of an anodrome, somebody in your
3:17.6	life who has a name that's a word spelled backwards, we'd love to hear about it.
3:21.7	877-929-9673 or send it to us in email. The address is words at waywardradio.org
3:29.2	or hit us up on Twitter at wayward. Hello, you have a way with words.
3:34.0	Hi, this is Vera. Welcome to the show.
3:36.4	Hi, thank you. Well, I had a discussion with my brothers and sisters the other day
3:42.4	and we were talking about mice, not like the animal, but mouths like the computer
3:47.9	mouse. And to me, I said, like, plural was mouses and I know it's
3:53.6	on it weird, but if I hear mice, I think of the animal. And then my sisters said,
3:59.3	no, we have to be mice. And my computer, and in your brother, he said it's like
4:06.8	mouse, like just them, you say 20 mouses. And I'm like, that doesn't sound right.
4:11.5	So I decided to call you guys. So you have three different candidates for the
4:18.0	plural of the computer mouse on your desk. Is that what you're saying?
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