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We get back to one of our favorite topics: words that sound a lot like other words but that mean totally different things.
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week, on You're Saying It Wrong: We're looking at weird word origins. When we think a word is related to something, but isn't.
- Added: Mar 14, 2024
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
We run through some particularly confusing grammar mistakes and how sometimes, we might think we’re saying one thing when we’re really saying another.
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Feb 29, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We run through a few of the many, many English words that contain silent letters. And we'll hear some of the baffling reasons we pronounce those wo...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Feb 22, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We dig into why certain words are spelled ridiculously, thanks to a bunch of scholars a few hundred years ago who got a little too nutso about maki...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Feb 15, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Doublespeak! We look at unconscious ways we follow the rules of English by doubling sounds and words, and how meanings of words can change when we ...
Bought by KBBI Alaska, KRPS, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jan 30, 2024
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 3
“Looking like a wow" is the hot new viral craze in India. Sandip brings us the story and what it means for a boutique owner from New Delhi to sudde...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
This episode features copy editor Mary Norris (The New Yorker), actor and writer Ryan O'Connell, and music from soul-rock group Dirty Revival.
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 59:01
This episode examines the "figure of speech" with grammar expert Mary Norris of The New Yorker, actor and television writer Ryan O'Connell, and com...
- Added: Oct 01, 2019
- Length: 58:59
This episode examines the "figure of speech" with grammar expert Mary Norris of The New Yorker, actor and television writer Ryan O'Connell, and com...
- Added: May 21, 2019
- Length: 58:59
Our youngest listeners have questions about everything from love to one of their favorite foods. Kids ask why we might end a text with the letters ...
Bought by KUAT, KQRU FM LP, Tri States Public Radio, KMXT, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 29:45
- Purchases: 9
All the legal marijuana news and headlines for Wednesday, August 2, 2017.
- Added: Aug 02, 2017
- Length: 09:22
A generational discussion on the evolution of grammar in our society and culture.
- Added: Feb 26, 2017
- Length: 51:27
Doing it Ourselves: What it really takes to work, play and live together. ***This show aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting as part of a series of 5...
Bought by XRAY.fm, WRVO Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KLCC, KUT and more
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 7