Take Tea for the Fever - 22 October 2018

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🗓️ 22 October 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Silence comes in many forms. Writer Paul Goodman says there is, for example, the noisy silence of “resentment and self-recrimination,” and the helpful, participatory silence of actively listening to someone speak. • The strange story behind the English words grotesque and antic: both involve bizarre paintings found in ancient Roman ruins. • The whirring sound of a Betsy bug and a moth’s dusty wings give rise to picturesque English words and phrases. • Also in this episode keysmash, subpar, placer mining, dinklepink and padiddle, machatunim and consuegros, and to clock someone. 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/. Email [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. Our listener phone line 1 (877) 929-9673 is toll-free in the United States and Canada. Elsewhere in the world, call +1 (619) 800-4443; charges may apply. From anywhere, text/SMS +1 (619) 567-9673. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.3	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.6	I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:36.3	We got a voicemail from Denise Nyland from Panama City, Florida,
0:40.4	and she was asking about a term that she grew up with for moths.
0:45.0	Moths, like the little fluttery things.
0:47.0	Yeah, the little fluttery things.
0:49.0	Nighttime butterflies, some people call them.
0:51.0	Oh, really? That's nice. So what's her word for moths? Miller? Oh, this is
0:57.6	familiar. Why is this familiar? M I L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L.
1:00.1	Uh- Huh. Okay. Yeah, they called Moths Millers where she grew up and she wondered if anybody else did.
1:05.6	And indeed, plenty of people refer to Moths as Millers. But here's the really cool thing. Why?
1:12.0	Why? Why do they do that? I bet you know. I do know and it's so great.
1:18.0	You're bouncing in your chair. It's so great. I mean I'm picturing you know being on the on the front porch down there in Florida and you got the light bulb
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