Roy Blount Jr. Slings Southern Slang (minicast) - 15 Oct. 2009
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🗓️ 15 October 2009
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:43.0 | Welcome to another mini-cast, I'm away with words. I'm Grant Barrett. |
| 0:51.0 | Humorist Roy Blunt Jr. joined us earlier this year to play our slang quiz. |
| 0:56.0 | I had great fun in trying to come up with some southernisms that might stump him. |
| 1:00.1 | Let's hear how he did. |
| 1:02.2 | And today we're welcoming a special guest to be our contestant, |
| 1:04.8 | he's Roy Blunt Jr. |
| 1:06.7 | Roy is a regular panelist on NPR's popular quiz show, |
| 1:09.9 | Wait, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. |
| 1:11.3 | And he's recently written, get this, |
| 1:13.7 | a book about language. |
| 1:15.4 | It's called Alphabet Juice. |
| 1:17.0 | Roy, welcome to Away With Words. |
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