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

Lunatic Fringe - 25 Oct. 2010

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

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2010

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, “It was bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Martha and Grant discuss their favorite first lines from novels. Also this week, palmer-housing, beanplating, meeting cute, bad billboard grammar, and what it means when someone says you look like a tree full of owls. And which is correct: another thing coming or another think coming?  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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0:00.0

Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative

0:06.7

and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with

0:11.3

creative friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.

0:15.7

And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

0:21.1

Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free.

0:27.0

Hey, podcast listener, even though you're hearing this recorded show, you can still call us whenever you want.

0:34.5

1-877 929-967-93.

0:38.0

Our voicemail will take your call, later we'll listen to it just as we listen to all of them and then there's always a chance that

0:44.6

we'll decide to have you on the show to ask your question or share your story.

0:48.8

On with the show.

0:50.4

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1:07.0

Information available at MOZY.com slash Words. You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Grant Barrett.

1:20.0

And I'm Martha Barnett. You can't judge a book by its cover, right?

1:23.6

But I sure do judge a book by its first line.

1:26.6

I've got to get hooked in that first line.

1:28.4

That's how you do it?

1:29.4

You read the first line?

1:30.4

And one line, that's all that you give them. I, you know, it's my journalistic background. I got to be hooked right at the beginning.

1:38.0

Okay. How about this one? It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking 13. Oh as John Stewart would say

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