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Language Headlines 1 - 11 August 2008

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Society & Culture, Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2008

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Grant dishes up the latest language headlines from around the world, including names so weird they sparked legal action. Two New Zealand parents really did name their daughter “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii.” Also, what’s wrong with using a word that’s perfectly cromulent? 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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Now, on with the show.

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This is the latest language news from Away with Words, I'm Grant Barrett.

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Oh, what a difference a letter can make.

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The Moscow Times reports this week that Tatiana Tejorkina was stripped of her Russian citizenship

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because a government clerk's typewriter was

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missing a single letter. Instead, a different vial was used making her Tetraquina rather

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than Tetraquina and making who she said she was and who her paper said she was disagree.

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Public outcry over the matter has since caused her citizenship to be reinstated, but

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