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

Oh-ah, Oh-ah: That's How We Roll (minicast) - 17 Sept. 2009

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

A Way with Words

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🗓️ 17 September 2009

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Does your family have a word for the cardboard tube left over from a roll of toilet paper? A caller says his family refers to them Oh-ah, Oh-ahs. Turns out many families have their own terms for them, including drit-drit, dawda dawda, hoo-hoo, to-do, taw-taw, and der der. -- Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time: Email: [email protected] Phone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673 London +44 20 7193 2113 Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771 Site: http://waywordradio.org. Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/ Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/ Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/ Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.2

Visit MOZY.com.com. Welcome to another mini-cast from Away With Words. I'm Martha Barnett.

0:51.0

In just a few weeks we'll be back with our new fall season of hour-long

0:54.5

episodes. In the meantime I wanted to share a true confession. Now it's not for me

1:00.3

this comes from a guy named Joe who lives in San Diego.

1:04.2

Okay my whole life my family has referred to the empty cardboard tubes inside

1:09.7

rolls of toilet paper and paper towels as O-A-O-A-A-S.

1:14.4

Oh-O-A-O-A-S.

1:16.6

We spell it O-A-O-A when we spell it.

1:20.4

I've never heard any family use this before.

1:23.4

Is there a story there?

1:24.8

Yeah, there actually is.

1:26.2

I don't know.

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