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Something Rhymes with Purple

When in Rome...

Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sadly we’re not in Rome… Gyles is in London and Susie is in Oxford but we're still going on an etymological journey through the origins and quirks of some of our best-known proverbs. Will an apple a day really keep the doctor away? How can it be possible to have your cake and eat it too? Why was Lord Nelson the first person to turn a blind eye? And, just to butter you up, all the regular features are there too: we’ll be responding to your emails, Susie’s got a trio for you, and Gyles has a poetic pearl of wisdom to provide a boost to morale. If you want to get in touch it’s [email protected]. A Somethin’ Else production. Susie’s Trio: Waff - (multiple meanings) a slight blow; a tiny touch of illness; a glimpse; a waft of perfume; a regal wave Widdendream - a state of confusion or disturbance Twitterlight - an old word for twilight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, and thank you so much for joining us for another episode of Something Rimes with Purple.

0:08.0

With me, Susie Dent and my co-host.

0:10.9

Jazz Brandruth, and I'm speaking to you from South West London.

0:14.3

Where are you Susie Dent?

0:15.8

I'm in the same place as I was last week.

0:17.6

I am in my sitting room come study looking at all my language books and I'm in Oxford.

0:24.0

So yes, so we're still using our fantastic

0:28.7

the home recording kit.

0:31.9

So thank you to the something else team for setting us up with this because I have to say something.

0:36.0

My wife said to me darling you've been saying I've been saying to you for years,

0:39.6

Charles you're not going anywhere and now it's true literally.

0:43.7

So I'm still where I was last week.

0:45.4

You're where you were.

0:46.8

How's the week been for you?

0:47.6

Yes.

0:47.9

Have you had lots of, have you been able to get out?

0:49.8

You're going out every day for your hourly constitutional?

0:53.0

Yes, so I've been riding my bike actually recently and Oxford

0:58.4

just reminded myself the other day just watching an amazing city that I live in because

1:03.2

having been a student here and then gone away for quite a long time, lived in London for a while,

1:07.4

came back.

1:08.5

I tend to avoid the places I used to go when I was a student.

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