What Kids Know and Want to Find Out - 1 September 2017

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 1 September 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Our youngest listeners have questions about everything from love to one of their favorite foods. Kids ask why we might end a text with the letters xoxo, what the word "canoodle" means, and how pizza got its name. And it turns out that when it comes to words, sometimes kids know even more than their parents! 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	Welcome to a special edition of A Way with Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:04.4	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:05.4	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:07.2	Today we're listening back to some of our favorite discussions about language, discussions
0:11.6	that happen with some of our youngest listeners.
0:14.6	We always get a kick out of hearing from families who listen to the show together.
0:18.0	You always wonder, was it the parents or the kids who finally said, hey, let's call away with words.
0:23.6	Yeah, like how about this one?
0:25.2	A mother and a daughter were puzzling over the origin of not exactly a word, but
0:30.5	something you see in text messages all the time.
0:33.0	Hi, this is Andrea Waffle and I live in Haslett, Michigan in the Greater Lansing area.
0:39.0	Gotcha.
0:40.0	Welcome to the show.
0:41.0	What's up?
0:42.0	Well, I'm here with my six-year-old daughter Neevy. I'm raising up a
0:45.9	bit of a couple of word nerds here and she asked me a very good question the other
0:49.8	day that I did not know the answer to but I said we should call Grant and Martha because I bet they can tell us.
0:55.3	Oh, excellent.
0:56.3	All right, so I will pass you over to Neevy, here she is.
0:59.3	Okay.
1:00.3	Why is X-O-X-O-S-O-S-S-S-S-O stand for hugs and kisses?
1:05.0	Why does X-O-X-O stand for hugs and kisses?
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