Sweet Dreams - 20 June 2016

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In deafening workplaces, like sawmills and factories, workers develop their own elaborate sign language to discuss everything from how their weekend went to when the boss is on his way. Plus, English speakers borrowed the words lieutenant and precipice from French, and made some changes along the way, but not in ways you might suspect. Finally, how do you pronounce the name of the New York concert hall you can reach with lots of practice? Is it CAR-neg-ghee Hall … or Car-NEG-ghee? Plus, “no great shakes,” Gomer, a limerick about leopards, foafiness, and “sleep in the arms of Morpheus.” 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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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Meta for Work.
0:02.6	It's not just sci-fi anymore.
0:04.4	Virtual and mixed reality are transforming how business works.
0:07.6	Architects can use mixed reality to walk through buildings that aren't even built yet.
0:11.4	People from around the world can meet up in more immersive ways,
0:14.1	working shoulder to shoulder in virtual spaces
0:16.2	to get real work done.
0:17.6	And all sorts of professionals are getting hands-on training
0:20.1	and safer, more cost-effective virtual environments.
0:23.0	Meta for work. Work smarter, closer, safer, together.
0:27.0	Visit forwork.metta.com to learn more.
0:30.0	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.4	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.4	And I'm Martha Barnett, and Grant I have a puzzle for you.
0:38.6	Take these two words, you might want to write them down.
0:41.3	Take the two words and arrange them into one word by
0:44.9	rearranging the letters and the two words that I want you to rearrange are
0:48.9	new door.
0:53.0	Okay.
0:54.0	N-E-W-D-O-R.
0:56.0	rearrange the letters into one word.
0:59.0	And what am, what's my end goal just to get something cool happening.
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