Whistle in the Dark (Rebroadcast) - 14 August 2017

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🗓️ 14 August 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The language and melodies of military marching songs connect grown children with their parents who served, as do parents’ love letters from World War II. Plus, “running a sandy” describes an awkward love triangle and Northern Spy is a kind of apple and a bit of abolitionist history. And, whitewater-rafting jargon, wooden spoon, Shakespearean knock-knock jokes, Sunday throat, celestial discharge, and mickey mousing, and more. 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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0:30.0	You're listening to a way with words to show about language and how we use it. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:34.3	And I'm Martha Barnett. We received an email from Sarah Ammerman in Central Ohio who sent us a treasure trove of slang involving a certain activity that she and lots of other people engage in.
0:50.0	And I wanted to see if you could guess what it is.
0:52.0	All right.
0:53.0	Okay. Here are three of the slang term she sent.
0:56.0	Strainer, drop pool, and Boulder Garden.
1:01.0	Strainer, drop pool, and boulder garden.
1:05.0	Mm-hmm.
1:06.0	Lawn care or zeroskeeping or I don't know what?
1:11.0	That's pretty good.
1:12.0	Scrapbooking. I don't know. that's pretty good it has to do with it
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