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Why Do Girls Wear Pink? - 24 October 2011

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We all know that the color pink is for boys and the color blue is for girls — at least, that’s how it was 100 years ago. Grant and Martha share the surprising history behind the colors we associate with gender. Plus, we go rollin’ in our hooptie, play a game of guess-that-Google-search, and get some tips on how to avoid getting swindled by our real estate agent! Also, new terms for failed software upgrades, some sugar-coated snark from across the pond, and a new way to show sarcasm in a text message. Yeah. Sure.  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

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0:04.6

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0:23.3

you can still call our toll-free number 877929-9673,

0:27.9

and you can still send us email to Words at waywardradio.org,

0:31.7

and you can still find us online at waywardradio.org.

0:41.6

Thank you. online at wayward radio.org. You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Grant Barrett.

0:44.2

And I'm Martha Barnett.

0:45.6

Well, it happened again.

0:47.1

The other day, I loaded a new version of a software program on my computer.

0:51.2

But now, instead of being an improvement, it's doing things I don't like. I'd rather have the old version of the software grant. You've had this experience. Yes, a downgrade. You pay for the privilege of downgrading. Like, why did I bother? Yeah, why did I bother? Two hours, 60 bucks, waste of my time. And you may remember that on a recent show, we talked about this phenomenon, and I suggested the verb

1:10.9

new Coke.

1:11.9

Yeah, yeah, yeah, right?

1:13.2

A reference to Coca-Cola's disastrous dalliance with that terrible, terrible tasting new

1:18.6

Coke.

1:19.2

I suggested we use it as a verb.

1:21.6

Like, that new version of the program really new-coked my computer, and a lot of people

1:26.0

wrote in and said they really liked that idea.

1:28.5

They needed it.

1:29.2

There was a linguistic gap, electrical gap.

1:31.7

But several of you sent other suggestions for an upgrade that's actually a step backward.

1:36.1

Andrew Bernick wrote to say he liked the word decovery.

1:41.0

Playing on recovery.

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