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Have you invented a new word? Or is there an obsolete word you think deserves reviving? In this special edition of "A Way with Words," listeners ma...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:33:00
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This week, it's headlines that make you do a doubletake, like "Child's Stool Great for Use in Garden." Martha and Grant discuss a few of these bloo...

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on A Way with Words: Meeting a word for the first time. If you're a language lover, then you get a little thrill whenever you encounter a...

Bought by KREV-LP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Shantytown and garbage dump on 6th Avenue South, 1939, at Seattle, Credit: Seattle Municipal Archives, http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/3875231044/, under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
This week on "A Way with Words," Martha and Grant kick off a brand new season by helping a listener choose a name for a brand-new dog park. And jus...

Bought by KREV-LP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Parrot in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain., Credit: Licensed from http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en and taken by http://www.flickr.com/photos/sd-6/797697780/ Manuel Marín.
Twittering, tweeting, twirting– it's rare to see a whole new body of language appear right before your eyes. But that's what's happening with Twitt...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WLRN


  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 00:53:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Apple Core, Credit: Licensed http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en from Stephen Mitchell http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenliveshere/483840217/ Adelaide, Australia
Grant and Martha explain what dog hair has to do with hangover cures. Also, where’d we ever get a word like “dude”? And what's the word for when ra...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN and North Country Public Radio


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  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2