Word Hoard - 30 May 2022

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A Way with Words

Language Learning, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder what medieval England looked and sounded like? In Old English, the word hord meant “treasure” and your wordhord was the treasure of words locked up inside you. A delightful new book uses the language of that period to create a vivid look at everyday life. Plus, a shotgun house is long and narrow with no hallway — just one room leading into the next. It’s an architectural style with a long history stretching from Africa to Haiti and into the American South. And: say you accidentally cut someone off in traffic, and you know it’s your fault. What’s a quick, clear way to communicate that you’re sorry? NO texting allowed! All that, and feaking, feather merchant, gradoo, spondulicks, echar un zorrito, tocayo and cueto, a take-off quiz, and an onomatopoeic Old English word for “sneeze.” 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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0:00.0	You're listening to Away With Words, the show about language and how we use it.
0:04.3	I'm Grant Barrett.
0:05.6	And I'm Martha Barnett.
0:07.2	We're still hearing responses to the jogger who was on our show, who wanted a word to say
0:12.5	when he's coming up behind somebody so that he doesn't startle them.
0:16.4	And I think the most popular suggestion turned out to be just to say on your left or on your right.
0:22.8	But we also heard from Victoria Wolfe in Sacramento, California,
0:27.9	who said that conversation brought up another question that's been bugging her.
0:32.5	Say you're driving a car and you make a mistake and you know it's your mistake.
0:36.5	You pulled out in front of somebody when you shouldn't have.
0:39.3	How do you signal to them?
0:41.1	Oops, my bad.
0:42.3	Oh, I know what I do.
0:45.1	I mow the word sorry and exaggerated facial expressions.
0:50.0	I get as close to the windshield as I can so they can really see my face.
0:54.6	And I don't know if it works but it makes me feel better.
0:57.6	Well, yeah, I was going to say I struggle with this myself
1:01.7	because I feel like if I stuck my face closer to the window and said sorry,
1:06.0	you know, they might think I'm saying something nasty to them, you know.
1:11.8	I mean, I know that I've done these things where I've been waving my arms like,
1:16.0	you know, it's my bad.
1:17.0	I know, you know, I'm pointing to myself,
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