Pickle Seeder (Rebroadcast) - 25 April 2016

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 25 April 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Would you rather live in a world with no adjectives … or no verbs — and why? Also, who in the world is that director Alan Smithee [SMITH-ee] who made decades’ of crummy films? Turns out that if a movie director has his work wrested away from him and doesn’t like the final product, he may insist on a pseudonym, and Alan gets a lot of the blame. Plus, backpackers and medical personnel must pay close attention to “insensible losses” — although they may not be what you think. Plus, “cuttin’ a head shine,” fulsome, apoptosis, and a slew of ways to refer to that nasty brown ice pack that jams car wheel wells. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.5	You've probably played that game, would you rather, right?
0:38.5	Where you say something like, would you rather never have internet access again or never be able to take an airplane?
0:45.4	Wow, yes.
0:46.4	That's a tough one, right?
0:47.4	It is a tough one and you learn a lot about people with these.
0:51.0	Yeah, I think I know which one you choose though in that one, but...
0:54.0	I'd rather never take an airplane again.
0:55.7	You wouldn't want to lose your internet access.
0:57.4	But you know, I had to think about it.
0:59.2	Would I not fly to some place?
1:02.3	But yeah, and so it's a way of figuring out what's important to you.
1:06.0	And I was thinking, well, maybe we could play linguistic, would you rather?
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