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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Spit Game (Rebroadcast) - 8 August 2016

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

First-century graffiti. People in ancient times could be just as bawdy and colorful as we are today. To prove it, we found some graffiti written on the walls in the city of Pompeii, and found plenty of sex, arrogance and good old fashioned bathroom talk etched in stone. Plus, British rhyming slang makes its way to our televisions through police shows on PBS. And a dictionary for rock climbers gives us a fantastic word that anyone can use to describe a rough day. Also, spitting game, hornswoggling, two kinds of sloppy joes, peppy sad songs, and endearing names for grandma. 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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You're listening to Away with Words, a show about language and how we use it.

0:33.2

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:34.2

And I'm Martha Barnett.

0:35.9

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in the first century, it covered the city of Pompeii and it left a lot of things intact including ancient graffiti.

0:46.0

And I've been looking at some of the graffiti on the walls of Pompeii, and it's really fascinating.

0:51.0

It's sort of a reminder that some things never change. A lot of the graffiti is really personal.

0:58.5

It mentions people by name like Celadis the Thracian makes the girls moan.

1:04.0

There's a lot of naughty graffiti if I remember correctly.

1:07.0

There's a lot of awfully naughty graffiti that I can't share on the air,

1:10.0

but these personal ones are really interesting that a lot of it's boastful like

1:14.6

Floronius privileged soldier of the seventh Legion was here the women did not

1:19.6

know of his presence only six women came to know too few for such a stallion.

1:27.0

Good go and felonious.

1:29.8

Yeah, right. And then I really like this one. It's, I've caught a cold. That's it?

1:35.6

I've caught a cold. Yes. And there's something so touching to me about that.

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