NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz - 16 Nov. 2010

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 16 November 2010

⏱️ 9 minutes

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This week, a special treat: NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz stops by with a quiz about slang and anagrams. Did you know that "A Way with Words" is not produced by NPR or one of the other big radio networks? It's not even produced by a radio station. Our show is produced by a small, nonprofit organization called Wayword, Inc. In the coming year, we hope to bring you even more new episodes. Yep, that's right -- fewer reruns! But we need your help, so please click here and make your tax-deductible contribution today. Remember, it all adds up. Your donation in any amount makes it possible for us to keep producing new episodes.So, OVEN WIG and HANKY OUT! (If you need help with those anagrams, not to worry. Martha unscrambles them at the end of this episode.) --A Way with Words is an independent production supported by its listeners. It receives no financial support from NPR, PRI, PBS nor any radio station.Support the show with your tax deductible donation: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: [email protected]:United States an Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org/Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donate/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradioCopyright 2010, Wayword Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.4	next level today. Hello, podcast listener. This is Martha with a special mini-cast edition of A Way With Words.
0:39.8	We'll have a special guest joining us in a moment, But first I want to tell you something. Here
0:44.9	at Away with Words, we do this show because we love language. We love talking with you
0:51.5	about it and we love it when you share your insights with us.
0:55.0	As you may know, A Way With Words is not a production of one of the big radio networks.
1:00.0	It's not even produced by a radio station. This program is produced by a small
1:06.2	non-profit, mostly volunteer organization. So we need your help. I'm asking you to go to wayward radio dot o'r g.
1:15.2	click on the link at the very top of the page and please give what you can.
1:20.4	10 bucks, $25, $50, $100 or more, whatever feels right to you. It all adds up and it all makes a difference.
1:30.0	In fact, if every podcast listener gave just $1, we'd be able to produce six more brand new hour-long
1:38.0	episodes every year. If you give even more, well, we'll be churning out even more.
1:44.0	But we do need your help.
1:46.0	As our way of saying thanks, I've brought along a special guest for you today.
1:50.0	He's none other than NPR Puzzle Master Will Shorts.
1:54.0	When we told Will we were recording a pledge edition of our show,
1:57.0	he volunteered to donate a quiz that he created specifically for you.
2:02.0	It'll test your skill in solving anagrams. Grant, take
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