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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Upstairs Basement (Rebroadcast) - 7 September 2015

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Giving your baby an unusual moniker may seem like a great idea at the time. But what if you have second thoughts? One mother of a newborn had such bad namer's remorse, she poured out her heart to strangers online. Speaking of mothers and daughters: Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't write the Little House on the Prairie series alone. She had help from her daughter Rose—who turned out to be quite a demanding editor. And where in the world would you find an upstairs basement? Plus: scat singing, jook joints, makes no nevermind, from hell to breakfast, dog pound vs. animal shelter, and what you're supposed to do in an upstairs basement.  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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You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.

0:33.5

I'm Grant Barrett.

0:34.5

And I'm Martha Barnett.

0:36.0

Imagine you're the mother of a four-week-old baby.

0:39.5

You've given your baby a name that you thought was wonderful it's pretty and a little bit unusual

0:44.6

you called her MAVE yes mave but since then the reaction from family and friends

0:52.4

has been a little bit less than enthusiastic.

0:56.4

They love the baby, but they can't get past the name.

1:00.2

And you explain again and again that it's MAVE, MAVE, and it rhymes with Wave, but Grandma accidentally calls her MAVE and you're constantly trying to explain yourself to the point where now you're in tears you're actually crying about it and

1:15.1

you're wondering if you made a mistake and if maybe you should change the baby's

1:19.5

name. Should you change it? Have you saddled this baby with a name that is just going to be a problem for the rest of the baby's life?

1:25.8

That's right. Is the baby going to hate you even more than she does?

1:28.7

I know what you're talking about. We found this discussion on the site Ask Met Filter and it's really interesting a lot of discussion

1:36.2

We posted this to our Facebook page and Facebook group as well and everybody came out

1:39.7

Some people said yeah that's a difficult name and you should consider something new Another people said, yeah, that's a difficult name and you should consider something new.

1:44.4

Another people said, I named my daughter that and she's wonderful.

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