Spicy Jambalaya - 18 June 2018

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🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Teen slang from the South, and food words that are tricky to pronounce. • High schoolers in Huntsville, Alabama, told Martha and Grant about their slang, including a term particular to their hometown. • How do you pronounce the name of that tasty Louisiana specialty, jambalaya? Is the first syllable “jum” or “jam”? • Which syllable do you stress when pronouncing turmeric? • Pronouncing water is, of course, pretty simple … so you might be surprised it can be pronounced at least 15 different ways! • Plus gnat flat, looking brave, vog, Russian mountains, high hat, whisker fatigue, chihoo, and fuhgeddaboudit! 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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0:30.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:34.0	I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.0	And I'm Grant Barrett.
0:36.0	We recently spent a couple really nice days in Huntsville, Alabama,
0:40.0	and one of the things that happened there was that Martha and I went to Lee High School.
0:44.8	Some amazing kids and teachers, just real education happening there and it's always nice to hang around
0:49.2	with that kind of big energy in one room. But one of the things that we asked the kids,
0:54.0	what's your slang?
0:56.0	What are the words that you use that you don't think will know
0:59.0	because we're old people?
1:01.0	And not from here. And you know what they gave us
1:04.7	610 submissions. 610 so this is about a hundred kids it was fantastic I'm still
1:10.8	going through the cards but one of the slang words that the kids at Lee High School in Huntsville, Alabama, put on there
1:18.0	more than any other word is the word forf, F-O-R-F.
1:22.7	And do you remember what that means?
1:24.0	I do.
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