Like Death Eating a Cracker (Rebroadcast) - 25 Apr. 2011

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🗓️ 25 April 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Digital timepieces may be changing the way we talk, at least a little. There’s Bob o’clock (8:08), Big o’clock (8:19), and even Pi o’clock. Also this week, what do you call that gesture with your fingers when you want to make an image larger on a multitouch screen? In other words, what is the opposite of a pinch? Does anyone use the expression “fat chance” any more? And do the expressions graveyard shift, saved by the bell, and dead ringer has anything to do with weird Victorian burial practices? 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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0:44.0	You're listening to a way with words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:52.0	And I'm Martha Barnett. Recently I was having
0:54.1	dinner with a friend when she looked up and she said, oh my gosh it's Bob a clock. And you know it
0:59.5	only took me a second before I understood what she was talking about on a digital clock like a clock
1:05.0	radio by your bed those boxy numerals they look like Bob if it's 808.
1:11.1	Oh I see it's not time for Bob to arrive or anything like that.
1:15.0	Well, I suppose that's a secondary meeting.
1:17.0	You know, there's a bunch more of those.
1:19.0	Well, yeah, as soon as I got home, I googled Bob o'clock, of course, you know me, I ran home and googled Bob O'clock of course you know me I ran home and googled and sure enough
1:24.8	there's already a Facebook group called oh my god it's Bob a clock. No I mean
1:30.2	more words that you can spell on the clock and then add a clock at the end of it.
1:33.2	Yeah.
1:33.9	Hell O'clock.
1:34.9	Hello clock.
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