Shank of the Evening - 23 April 2012

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🗓️ 23 April 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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What time is it if it’s the crack of chicken? When exactly is the shank of the evening? How do you pronounce the word spelled H-O-V-E-R? Did Warren G. Harding really coin the word normalcy? Also, a name game, sports nicknames, flounder vs. founder, Laundromats vs. washaterias, Black Dutch, nosebaggers, medical slang, and a look back at the joys of the early internet. 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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0:30.0	You're listening to Away with Words. I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. A few episodes
0:34.8	ago, we were talking about what you call the practice of going up to a stop sign and then rolling through without stopping. Here it's called the California Stop or California Roll.
0:45.8	Right. Right. And we put the call out, asked our listeners for other examples of that around the country. And you know what? We got a ton of responses from Wisconsin.
0:55.5	Jim said it's called a farmer stop.
0:57.5	Okay.
0:58.2	Which I love.
0:59.0	Dawn said it's called a Chicago stop.
1:02.2	Karen said that her young drivers call it no cop, no stop.
1:07.6	Never heard that one.
1:09.6	And I love this one, too.
1:11.2	Kenton said, in Wisconsin, we call a rolling stop a violation.
1:16.2	Very good.
1:17.0	What line of work do you think Kenton's in?
1:18.5	I think he's a cop.
1:20.7	Well, I'm going to share some more of those later in the show.
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