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

One Space or Two (rebroadcast) - 5 September 2011

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

🗓️ 5 September 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Is typing two spaces after a period “totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong?” Also, is the language of the movie True Grit historically accurate? Also, shut your pie-hole, Southern grammar, oh my Lady Gaga, and a little town called “Podunk.” 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

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0:32.6

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0:37.8

words at wayward radio.org and you can still find us online a wayward radio.org.

0:44.0

You're listening to a way with words. I'm Martha Barnett.

0:52.0

And I'm Grant Barrett. Martha, if you ever want to start

0:55.8

a braw in a bookstore? I always do, yes. You know, get a fight maybe at a librarians

0:59.9

convention or something. I've got the phrase for you. Okay. Here it is.

1:03.0

Typing two spaces after a period is totally completely utterly and

1:06.8

inargably wrong. Put them up. Step outside. That's what Farhad Manju writing for Slate magazine did and the internet exploded, at least

1:18.2

our internet, the language internet.

1:19.8

Oh my heavens, I had to take cover under my desk.

1:23.0

So there's this one camp that thinks that you should put two spaces after a period when you're

1:28.2

writing something on a computer, right?

1:30.0

Right, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

1:31.0

Okay. And there's the other camp that thinks you need one space after

1:33.8

period and two spaces is ridiculous and that's my camp right and the two sites

1:38.2

can't really meet and this is all these crazy arguments and most of them were

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