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Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Pay little heed to the title Purple People, this is still your weekly words and language podcast, Something Rhymes with Purple and not an Only Fool and Horses parody podcast but it does introduce us nicely to the subject of today’s episode: catchphrases! Ever wondered how something becomes a catchphrase? How catchphrases differ from a slogan or a quote? If you can even trademark a catchphrase? Then do listen on dear Purple People because in this episode Susie will take us back to the days of the British Music Hall to paint a potted history of Catchphrases. Along the way, she’ll stop off at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, visit our dear yellow friends The Simpsons and Susie even has a quiz in store for us. Gyles becomes Detective Brandreth for the episode as he busts some catchphrase myths and reveals his celebrity doppelgänger (it’s not the young Dirk Bogarde much to Gyles’ disappointment). A Somethin’ Else production Susie and Gyles want to hear the catchphrases you’ve grown up with - please email [email protected] and let them know! Don’t forget, we’ve got a lovely new range of merchandise available from https://kontraband.shop/collections/something-rhymes-with-purple so get your mugs, t-shirts, and tote bags today! Susie's Trio: Urtication - the act of whipping a numb limb with nettles in order to restore its feelings. Seeksorrow - One who acts to his own detriment Drowning the Miller - to use more water than necessary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:13.2	And now for something completely different. That's a familiar phrase. We're going to be talking
1:17.7	about catch phrases. Why? Because this is something rhymes with purple, a podcast all about words
1:24.4	and language. Where words come from? Where they're going to? Why they matter? It's presented by me,
1:30.7	Charles Brandruth, and my friend, the scholar, the genius, the walking dictionary, the
1:37.6	personification of all that's fabulous in the world of words. Suzy Dent. How are you today, Suzy?
1:43.8	Well, an amazing introduction. Thank you. Can I also add the fact that she is the one who's
1:47.7	currently sporting ahead of Elf Locks? Because I washed my hair this morning, let it dry naturally,
1:52.8	and as you can see, Charles, it is just a mess. And Elf Locks is an old term for really
1:59.3	tangly hair, particularly in the morning, because it's thought to be the work of Mischievous Elves
2:02.9	overnight. I have a lot of... Elf Locks. Yes, Elf Locks. Have we ever done
2:08.8	why the plural of roof is roofs and Elf is Elves? If we haven't, we must explore
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