Pop Stand (Rebroadcast) - 1 May 2017

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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When it comes to learning new things, what’s on your bucket list? A retired book editor decided to try to learn Latin, and ended up learning a lot about herself. There’s a word for someone who learns something late in life. And when it comes to card games, how is it that the very same game goes by lots of different names? What you call Canfield, other people may call Nertz! Finally, a bit of vulture culture: Words for these birds depend on what they’re doing: A kettle of vultures is swirling in the air, while a group of vultures standing around eating is called … a wake. Plus, “cat’s eyes,” “Bott’s dots,” “dumpster fire,” spagglers, Dan Ratherisms, “pussle-gut,” and “let’s blow this pop stand.” 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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0:27.8	You're listening to a way with words to show about language and how we use it.
0:33.2	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.2	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.8	A friend of mine emailed me the other day and said, I saw this bizarre metaphor in a restaurant
0:40.0	review. What in the world is this? The writer was describing a Porter House steak and said that in terms of quality this steak quote could not have been more middle of the road than if it was glued to a cat's eye.
0:55.0	Eh? Oh, a marble.
0:57.0	That's what I said.
0:58.0	A marble? Cats eye marble?
0:59.0	Why would it be in the middle of a road?
1:01.0	Is that the name of the ring where you shoot marbles?
1:04.4	Mmm, that's a...
1:05.4	I don't know, a terrible theory.
1:07.7	I had no idea.
1:08.6	I mean, I was picturing a poor cat, you know, with...
1:11.2	Wait, more middle of a road than a then if it were glued to a cat's
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