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You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett.

And I'm Martha Barnett. And you know, Grant, if you want to

express skepticism that something's never going to occur, you might say, yeah, that'll happen when

pigs fly. And we say that without thinking, but, you know, it's really picturesque, right? I mean,

you've lived on a farm. Right. Majestic pigs soaring through the blue skies.

Majestic. I hadn't thought about that. But yeah, we say in English when pigs fly, but there are expressions in other languages that are at least as clever and colorful. There's one in Tagalog that translates as, when the crow turns white,

when the heron turns black.

Which just means not going to happen.

Not going to happen. Or in Hungary, you say when red snow falls.

And another one that I really like is that in a lot of European languages, they have an expression

that translates as, yeah, that'll happen on St. Never's Day. Yeah, one of my favorites,

St. Never's Day. Right. Saint-Nimmerlandstag. Today is St. Always Day, though, because we're always

going to welcome your calls and texts to our toll-free number, 877-929-9673. And if you're somewhere else in the world, go to our website, and you can find our WhatsApp handle and our social media handles. That's at waywardradio.org. Hello, you have a way with words. Hi, this is Dax. I'm calling from Santa Cruz, California. Oh, hello, Dax. What's on

your mind today? I'm wondering, when are we going to, you know, as a culture, English speakers,

when are we going to stop saying 20? And what I'm talking about is the date, the year, like the year is 20, 26. And I just feel like

we've been in the 21st century now for 26 years, more than a quarter of a century. It's like,

don't we all know that it's 20, 20? Like, we all know the 20 part, right? Like, at what point, like, I have some kids and a couple are going to graduate in 28.

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