Wet Brick - 25 November 2013

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A Way with Words

Education, Language Learning, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 November 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What the fox says may be a mystery, but we do know that dogs bark differently around the world. In China, for example, they say not bow-wow but wang wang. Also, the story behind the British tradition of scrumping. It’s not a middle school dance craze, and it has nothing to do with beer — or does it? Plus, recipe vs. receipt, mash vs. press, housing a beer, all bollixed up, and “empty heads make weary bones.” 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 [email protected]. Twitter @wayword. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	You're listening to Away with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:33.0	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.0	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:35.0	A few weeks ago we talked about the expression Occupyo.
0:39.0	Remember that Grant?
0:40.0	For some
0:44.1	you're in the bathroom and somebody knocks that's what you say.
0:42.8	Right. That's what some people say, but a lot of people say other things.
0:46.7	And we got an email from Carol Mills in Dallas, Texas.
0:49.7	I love this. She says, I once knocked on a closed bathroom stall and the person inside said
0:54.4	come in.
0:56.4	Surprise! She writes I'm still laughing and Connie Walt from Michigan wrote, my absolute favorite response to a bathroom door knock, you can come in, but you can't sit down.
1:08.0	Oh my. The things people say. The things people say that's what we're all about.
1:14.5	877929 96793. Email words at wayward radio.
1:18.9	Or. Hello you have a way with words.
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