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The following podcast contains explicit language.

From New York City, this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.

I'm John McWater and this that you're listening to is the overture to a Broadway musical of 1924.

Yes, this is a language podcast, but well, you know the drill.

This is a musical from 96 years ago today.

It was called Sitting Pretty and the music is by Jerome Kernschist.

Listen to the beauty here.

Music

Now, I'm playing that because it's just so damned pretty and it has a commemorative feel

and I'm linking it to the celebration, at least I'm celebrating,

that you know, this is my 50th show.

This is my 50th episode.

And, you know, as I always say, I like to keep it happy in the valley and that means,

frankly, that I do not favor doing hot button issues.

I figure there are plenty of other places covering those, but I figured that for my 50th,

I'm going to give in and give you a topic that a lot of you ask for that I have always

quietly resisted.

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