S3 Ep252: Whr’d The Vwls Go? & The Phantom Barber of 1942

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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True Crime, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Hppy Thrsdy, Tstbds! Have you ever wondered why so many companies are dropping the vowels out of their names, like BHLDN and MNDFL? Bethany finally gets to the bottom of this techy trend. (The reason isn’t what you’d think!) Then, Kathleen lowers the lights and tells a spooky tale about a mysterious intruder who broke into people’s homes and cut off locks of their hair during WWII. Lock your windows! It’s another episode of An Acquired Taste podcast!

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Bethany’s Sources:

-https://money.howstuffworks.com/flickr-tumblr-scribd-why-dropping-vowels-brand-names-is-popular.htm

-https://open.buffer.com/names-impact-customers/

-https://hbr.org/2013/09/investors-will-like-your-compa

-https://thehistoryvault.co.uk/the-history-of-abbreviation/

-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8468351.stm

-http://sundaymagazine.org/2010/08/from-1890-the-first-text-messages/

-https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/why-flickr-dropped-e-started-trend/1341902

-https://wordoid.com

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_style

-https://medium.com/better-marketing/who-needs-vowels-anyway-5424abaa9ca3

-https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/10/19/whats-startups-name-trend-misspelled-words-ly-wont-go-away/

-https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2017/10/26/before-naming-your-startup-read-this/

-https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/style/vowels-no-more.html

Kathleen’s Sources:

-https://blog.newspapers.com/the-phantom-barber-of-pascagoula/

-https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55316/strange-states-mississippis-phantom-barber-pascagoula

-https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29760210/mary-evelyn-bridges-sic-describes/

-https://funfactz.com/weird-facts/phantom-barber/

-https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/the-phantom-barber-of-mississippi-afc4e81e1fec

-https://www.newspapers.com/image/458891466/?terms=The%2Bphantom%2Bbarber

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0:00.0	Mmm.
0:02.0	Water is what God uses to wash a nurse the earth.
0:04.5	That's what we use to wash a nurse ourselves.
0:06.5	It's what I use to mix with my chemicals before I kill you.
0:13.0	She said while being recorded.
0:15.0	Mm-hmm.
0:16.0	Stop laughing, this is erotic.
0:18.0	I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me lose me.
0:22.0	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.
0:24.3	Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.
0:28.3	I did.
0:30.3	Now I want a peanut colada.
0:31.8	An acquired taste.
0:34.3	This is an acquired taste podcast.
0:36.2	Hey there, I am Bethany, you're one Z-wearing,
0:38.8	AC blasting, cozy mystery reading friend.
0:42.5	And I'm Kathleen, your Birkenstock wearing,
0:44.7	fig jam on everything, dying to read the new Hunger Games book friend.
0:49.8	And every week Kathleen and I meet up to discuss our lives and what's weird in the world.
0:54.3	And we invite you to join us.
0:55.5	This week Kathleen, what are we talking about?
0:57.7	We are talking about the Phantom Barber of 1942.
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