Up Your Alley (Rebroadcast) - 12 June 2023

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Book recommendations, including a collection of short stories inspired by dictionaries, and a techno-thriller for teens. Or, how about novels with an upbeat message? Publishers call this genre up lit. Plus, a clergyman ponders an arresting phrase in the book Peter Pan: What does the author mean when he says that children can be “gay and innocent and heartless”? And, if you spend money freely, you are a dingthrift. Also, waterfalling, pegan, up a gump stump, spendthrift, vice, cabochon, cultural cringe, welsh, and neat but not gaudy. 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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0:21.5	You're listening to a wait with words this show about language and how we use it.
0:24.8	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:25.8	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:27.8	Grant let's say it's a hot day and you're drinking from a water bottle and I'm really thirsty.
0:33.0	What if I said, hey, can I get a swig, Alberti?
0:35.8	I don't know.
0:37.1	What is that?
0:38.2	It means I'll drink the water without putting my mouth to your bottle or your glass or whatever.
0:44.5	Gotcha.
0:45.5	So just stop this spread of germs.
0:46.5	Yeah.
0:47.5	Oh, yes.
0:48.5	Although you're still getting my backwash.
0:52.5	Right?
0:53.5	I hadn't thought about that.
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