Secret Gibberish (Rebroadcast) - 20 August 2012

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🗓️ 19 August 2012

⏱️ 51 minutes

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What do pigs have to do with piggyback rides? We get a lesson from a listener in the fine art of speaking gibberish. What’s the correct way to pronounce pecan? The French have the Academie Française, but what authority do we have for the English language? Also, what you should do when someone yells, “Hold ’er Newt! She’s headed for the barn!” 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	You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. Grant, please don't tell anybody. But recently, I've been engaging in a lot of umphalous-skepsis. Oh. Don't tell anybody. You've been doubting your own umbilical cord. Ah, you know the term. Amphaloskepsis. Yes,S. Yes, it comes from the Greek amphilos, which means belly button.
0:24.0	It's related to umbilical and skeptics, inquiry-looking.
0:27.6	Amphalo-S-M-P-H-A-L-O-M-P-H-A-L-O-S-K-E-S-K-E-S-I-S-E-S-O-N-E-S-E-E-S-S. Oh, nice. And it means what exactly? It means navel gazing.
0:38.1	Oh, perfect.
0:39.0	Yeah, naval gazing. Yeah. Well, you know what? I keep losing my keys for the mumbled-teenth time. For the mumbled-teenth? Oh, that's my new favorite word. Yeah, mumbled-teenth. Mumble-teeth is when you don't really want to tell people exactly how many times something has actually happened.
0:53.3	Oh, that's nice.
0:54.5	Mumbled teeth.
0:55.2	So you're like mumbled teeth.
0:57.5	It's just the kind want to tell people exactly how many times something has actually happened. Oh, that's nice. Mumbled Teenth.
0:55.5	Mumbled Teenth.
0:57.6	It's just the kind of vague number.
0:59.8	I like that. It's like pasta bazillion.
1:02.0	Yeah, pasta bazillion, exactly.
1:04.7	Love that.
1:05.5	You know, we can find a lot of new words in our reading and our listening to radio.
1:09.2	What do you find? Let us know, 87799-9-667-3 or send us an
1:13.8	email to words at waywardradio.org. Hello, you have a way with words. Hello, my name's Eddie
1:19.7	Renner. I'm calling from Patoski, Michigan. Potoski. Well, welcome to the program, Eddie. How can we
1:25.0	help? Well, I was going to call about a language that my mom taught me when I was very young called Double Talk.
1:34.0	Double Talk.
1:34.7	Okay.
1:36.2	And it's where you insert the letters I and B before every syllable.
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