Springtime Twitterpation - 31 March 2014

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🗓️ 31 March 2014

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Springtime is the right time to feel twitterpated—you know, you’re smitten beyond a crush. Speaking of relationships, are dog owners really owners, or should they call themselves something else, like guardian or human? And if you’re up for a challenge, some adult spelling bee words, including ostreiform and langlauf. Plus, ollie ollie oxen free, toad-strangling rain, zugzwang, canceled vs. cancelled, and how to pronounce herbal, hyperbole, and inchoate. 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 [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.3	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.3	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.6	Grant, I know you love learning new words as much as I do.
0:39.2	I love that look on your face when you hear one you've never heard before, your head kind of cocks like a little dog.
0:44.0	Exactly.
0:45.0	And you remember the last time that you and I were expert spellers in a spelling bee
0:51.0	in an adult spelling bee, We learned some new ones that every time
0:55.3	you think you know a lot about language we get accused of being knowing a lot
0:59.4	about language but yeah yeah these were completely new to us one of them remember was long
1:04.1	lauf long I didn't know that one I had no idea I think I think I'd vaguely guessed it was German
1:08.8	but I thought I meant to laugh a long time or something but no no it's spelled L- A N G L A U F and it means cross country skiing.
1:17.4	Just any kind of cross country skiing or particular kind? Long love. kind. Okay, there we go.
1:23.0	Very good.
1:24.0	And then there was ostrac form, remember ostrac form?
1:27.0	Something related to some kind of shellfish, the shape of a shellfish of some kind.
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