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West Word, Ho! - 28 Sept. 2009

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🗓️ 28 September 2009

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s a brand-new season of A Way with Words! Grant has big news, too: He’s used up his last Metrocard, packed up his belongings, and moved to the Left Coast. He reports on some features of California language there that are already catching his ear. Also in this episode, what’s the real meaning of decimate? And what does it mean when someone says don’t leave your endgate up?  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 can cross your fingers and all your toes during a data center migration.

0:04.0

You can knock on wood, pluck a dozen four-leaf clovers, or look to your lucky stars for a successful office expansion.

0:10.0

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0:24.2

further. AT&T Business, the network more businesses are choosing. You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Martha Barnett in San Diego.

0:38.8

And I'm Grant Barrett in San Francisco.

0:41.6

San Francisco, now that has a nice ring to it Grant. Very nice. Why don't

0:47.4

you catch everybody up on what you've been doing this summer? I moved 3,000 miles

0:50.9

across the country from New York City to San Francisco.

0:53.2

Yes.

0:55.2

We're still not in the same city, I know.

0:57.2

I would love to be sitting next to you, dear.

0:58.9

But you know there's some language at the bottom of this.

1:00.9

You know that my other job is editorial director of wordnick.com right?

1:04.4

That's right.

1:05.4

That's a new online dictionary that I'm involved with and all of our team is moving here, some of us from

1:09.2

Chicago, some of us from New York, there's a couple of guys who are already out here, so we can all be together in one place.

1:14.9

And it's fantastic, it's wonderful.

1:16.8

And of course, I've had my ear to the ground for California-specific language things, or at least

1:22.1

things that are different here than they are in New York City.

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