Militant Vegetarianism, Unwanted Cash... and mispronounced words.

Wanging On with Graham Norton and Maria McErlane

Platform Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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How do you return unwanted cash? Graham and Maria mull this over, plus: - What words or phrases do you always mispronounce? - How to deal with quite an insistent vegetarian at home... - Is it weird when couples talk in their own made up language? It's all up for discussion in this week's Wanging On! Tap 'Follow' on Spotify, or 'Subscribe' wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes come out every Monday! Got a dilemma for Graham and Maria to solve? Email: WangingOn@listen.co.uk Wanging On with Graham and Maria is produced by Listen, a Platform Media label. ----- Disclaimer: Graham and Maria are not qualified professionals and do not offer professional advice. The topics discussed on this podcast are based on personal experiences and opinions, and should not be taken as expert advice. If any of the issues raised affect you, please seek support from appropriate professional services such as your GP, NHS services, or relevant charities and helplines, including these: https://platformmedia.uk/helplines/ Let's get social... 📲 - Follow us on Instagram: @wangingon - Follow us on TikTok: @wangingon Chapters: 0:00 Coming Up 0:21 Are you pronouncing that right...? 8:30 See 'I Swear' in cinemas now. 9:37 Militant Vegetarianism!! 18:34 Garlic Bread's #1 Fan... 23:04 Unwanted cash? 33'22 Made Up Languages?! This episode is brought to you by Co-op’s new meal range, Served. Choose from a range of Italian inspired mains and 2 sides to serve 2. Just £7 for Co-op members and £8 for non-members. Dinner is Served. Co-op Group Membership required. Subject to availability. See ⁠⁠⁠coop.co.uk/served⁠⁠⁠ for details. Delivery partners T&Cs apply Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're having a row, are you going, ween, no, me.
0:04.2	And it's found in a basket.
0:05.9	Raised by wolves.
0:07.7	Rau!
0:08.8	I love this problem because it's about someone being too lovely.
0:12.3	No good turn goes unpunished.
0:13.8	The title of my next novel.
0:15.2	Next novel? You haven't written one.
0:21.3	Hi there. Welcome to Wanging On with me, Graham Norton, and my very good friend, Maria McCurlin.
0:25.9	We are here to, we'll call it Dish Out Advice, what we call it, advice?
0:30.1	Yes. Have you had a good week?
0:32.1	Not too bad, thank you. Not too bad. You're a good self.
0:35.8	All right, thank you very much.
0:54.4	I was scrolling, you know, my things come up? Scroll, yeah. You know the way your phone thinks you've got to be interested in things? And sometimes you think I hate that I am interested in that. There was an... Algorithms. That's the one. There was one of those polls about the words we mispronounce. Oh, yes, we like this.
0:55.2	Coulonry.
0:57.4	It's supposed to be pronounced Coulonry.
0:58.1	No.
1:00.6	Yeah, Coulonry is how are you supposed to say it.
1:02.1	Nigella has never said culinary.
1:04.9	No, but she said McRowave, but she's never said culinary. Coulnery.
1:05.5	Well, she should try culinary because that is the way it's supposed to be pronounced, but nobody does anymore. How did you find that out? From two very old gay men. Culinary experts. Yet they were culinary experts. They were very good at the culinary arts. I mean, two very old gay men, soon they'll be dead and we can carry on. They are dead. Oh, they are. Yeah, they're dead. Oh, I'm sorry now. You, well, you've brought me down, reminding me my dead friends.
1:29.3	You brought them up.
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