Take Tea for the Fever (Rebroadcast) - 31 July 2023

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A Way with Words

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🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 51 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. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: ⁠https://waywordradio.org⁠. Be a part of the show: call or text ⁠1 (877) 929-9673⁠ toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text ⁠+1 619 800 4443⁠. Send voice notes or messages via ⁠WhatsApp 16198004443.⁠ Email ⁠words@waywordradio.org⁠. 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	You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:03.5	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:04.4	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:06.3	We got a voicemail from Denise Nyland from Panama City, Florida,
0:10.4	and she was asking about a term that she grew up with for moths.
0:15.4	Moths? Like the little fluttery things.
0:17.2	Yeah, the little fluttery things.
0:19.0	Nineteen butterflies. There's some people call them.
0:21.0	Oh, really? That's nice.
0:23.0	So what's her word for moths?
0:25.0	Miller?
0:26.1	Oh, this is familiar.
0:27.9	Why is this familiar?
0:28.7	Am I L-L-L-E-R?
0:29.9	Uh-huh.
0:30.4	Yeah.
0:31.4	They called moths millers where she grew up,
0:33.8	and she wondered if anybody else did.
0:35.6	And indeed, plenty of people refer to moths as millers.
0:39.2	But here's the really cool thing.
0:41.2	Why?
0:42.6	Why?
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