Wet Brick (Rebroadcast) - 4 May 2015

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 4 May 2015

⏱️ 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 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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0:00.0	Language connects us and away with words celebrates that connection every week.
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0:22.0	You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:25.0	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:26.0	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:27.0	A few weeks ago, we talked about the expression,
0:30.0	Occupato.
0:31.0	Remember that, Grant?
0:32.0	For some reason, when you're in the bathroom and somebody knocks that's what you say right
0:35.0	that's what some people say but a lot of people say other things and we got an email
0:39.7	from Carol Mills in Dallas Texas I love this says, I once knocked on a closed bathroom
0:44.7	stall and the person inside said, come in.
0:47.0	Surprise! She writes, I'm still laughing.
0:53.0	And Connie Walt from Michigan wrote,
0:55.0	My absolute favorite response to a bathroom door knock, you can come in, but you can't sit down.
0:59.7	Oh my. The things people say. The things people say that's what we're all about. 877
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