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Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Another month, another week, another episode for our dear Purple People! Take a whiff of that petrichor and allow us to metaphorically remove the phloem from life's banana. Come join us in this wordy oasis! This week Gyles and Susie will be remembering enough forgotten words to keep you thinking today, tomorrow and over-morrow. If you're fond of procrastination, or even a bit of perendination, never fear we'll be here whatever day of the week you like to listen. Gyles wonders if his hallux makes him a secret royal, takes pride in his glabrous visage and wonders where in the body the uvula is. Meanwhile, Susie explains why the philtrum and the omphalos are as precious to mammals as they were to Ancient Greeks, tells us why your caruncle may be bigger when you're tired and generally gives us the ultimate anatomy class according to an etymologist. We also answer some purple mail about poodle-fakers, pagans and pedipulation! A Somethin’ Else production If you would like to get in touch with Gyles and Susie with any questions, please email [email protected]. Susies trio: Bucklebuster- a line in a play or book or comedy that makes you laugh out loud Sequaciousness- the slalavish following of another, even to extreme ends Whithering and Wuthering- move with great force or to buffet like the wind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.3	I love, like enjoying a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My
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0:59.4	Hello and welcome to the 96th episode of Something Rimes with Purple podcast about words and
1:16.9	language. And I guess about me, Susie Dent and my partner, Charles Prandt, with Hi,
1:21.8	Charles. It's lovely to be with you again, Susie Dent. We've got to do something very special
1:26.3	to mark our centenary. It's quite strange because for the past year, we've been doing
1:30.6	these podcasts remotely. When we began doing it almost two years ago now, we would meet
1:36.8	sometimes at the studios of something else, our production company, sometimes at Susie
1:42.5	Dent's home. We talked about doing them in interesting places like Dr. Johnson's house
1:48.5	in London, but we've ended up doing them. Really, you at your home in Oxford, me in my home
1:55.1	in London, and communicating as people are nowadays via Zoom and it's worked out fine,
2:00.5	isn't it?
2:01.5	You know, I genuinely, I think I've said this to you before, I actually prefer it because
2:05.3	I think there's just very little distraction curiously. I think having headphones on,
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