Why Do Girls Wear Pink (Rebroadcast) - 21 May 2012

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🗓️ 21 May 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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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	At Accardo, you'll save 25% on your first shop and get free delivery,
0:04.6	which means if you were to buy a four cheese pizza,
0:07.3	you'd basically be getting one of the cheeses for free.
0:10.1	Save and splurge at Accardo, the online supermarket.
0:12.9	Deo graphical and other restrictions.
0:14.2	Min spend £60 on charge to apply.
0:15.8	Discount available on food, new customers only,
0:17.6	max saving £20.000 at Accardo.com.
0:27.7	You're listening to Away With Words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:28.9	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:30.7	Well, it happened again.
0:34.4	The other day, I loaded a new version of a software program on my computer.
0:38.7	But now, instead of being an improvement, it's doing things I don't like.
0:54.6	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 New Coke. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:56.5	Right, a reference to Coca-Cola And you may remember that on a recent show, we talked about this phenomenon, and I suggested the verb new Coke.
0:55.6	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:56.4	Right, a reference to Coca-Cola's disastrous dalliance with that terrible, terrible tasting new Coke.
1:03.0	I suggested we use it as a verb.
1:05.5	Like, that new version of the program really new-coked my computer.
1:09.0	And a lot of people wrote in and said they really
1:11.0	liked that idea. They needed it. There was a linguistic gap, lexical gap. But several of you sent
1:16.5	other suggestions for an upgrade that's actually a step backward. Andrew Bernick wrote to say,
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