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Baby goats’ baas may contain a hidden message for their herdmates.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
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Politicians with deep voices may garner more respect – and votes.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:02:00
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Digital timepieces may be changing the way we talk, at least a little. There's Bob o'clock (8:08), Big o'clock (8:19), and even Pi o'clock. Also th...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WRVO, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on "A Way with Words": All aboard! It's the musical language of railroad conductors' calls. Also, Martha and Grant discuss the influence ...

Bought by WRVO and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Bavarian Chalet. Mushroom Basket. Moose Point. Who in the heck comes up with the names of paint chips, anyway? Must be the same people who get paid...

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs and WRVO


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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What do you say if you have guests over and someone in your family has a stray bit of food left on his face? In some households, the secret warnin...

Bought by KFOK-LP, KXOT Public Radio, and WRVO


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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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, it's backhanded phrases, those snarky remarks that come sugar-coated in politeness, like "How nice for you," "Oh, interesting!," and the...

Bought by WRVO


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Who was that masked man? Was it the Barefoot Bandit, the Mummy Bandit, or perhaps the Botox Bandit? Or maybe it was the Bad-Breath Bandit? The host...

Bought by WRVO and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A study of the sounds people make to fill silence.

Bought by KUT and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2010
  • Length: 00:01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Digital timepieces may be changing the way we talk, at least a little. There's Bob o'clock (8:08), Big o'clock (8:19), and even Pi o'clock. Also th...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRVO, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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South African English is a rich mix of Afrikaans, English, and indigenous languages such as Zulu and Xhosa. Martha and Grant discuss some favorite ...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WRVO


  • Added: Apr 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Yellow-Spotted Amazon Turtles, Credit: cliff1066™ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/2854965342/ under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Is your beezy a tenderoni? If you're not sure what that means, find out in this chat about current college slang. Do you say something happened on ...

Bought by WRVO and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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: Photo licensed via Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en, Credit: Gail Fisher http://www.flickr.com/photos/gailfisher/114416282/
Great news for language fans: The Australian National Dictionary is now available online for free. It's full of fascinating words from Down Under. ...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Shopping carts, Credit: Jay Reed http://www.flickr.com/photos/jreed/407425704/ under a CC license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
Pickle, baboon, cupcake, snorkel, pumpkin, Kalamazoo -- let's face it, some words are just plain funny. But what makes some words funnier than othe...

Bought by WRNC-LP and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Goat in Pakistan., Credit: Kashif Mardani, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kash_if/2677867966/, under license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
This week on "A Way with Words": Is there a way to get youngsters to quit peppering their speech the word "like"? The mother of a middle-schooler w...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 00:53:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A robot in the online game Second Life., Credit: Licensed under a Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en from Torley http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/2762228150/
Sure, there's "Grandma" and "Grampa," but there's also Gammy, Bumpy, Dadoo, Gre-Gre, Kiki, Kerkel, Monga, Nee-Nee, Pots, Rah-Rah and Woo-Woo. Marth...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 00:53:59
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
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Iraqi reaction to President Obama's speech in Cairo.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2009
  • Length: 00:07:37
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President Obama defended his vow to close Guantanamo prison in the marble rotunda of the National Archives on Thursday May 21st, 2009.

  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 00:48:05
Caption: Camouflage go-aheads., Credit: Neeta Lind, http://www.flickr.com/photos/neeta_lind/2776773903/
Was it "an historic" or "a historic" election? What is "going commando" and a skirt "almost up to possible"? Also: aptronyms, names for same-sex pa...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Golf Ball, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2680128666/, Credit: Kevin Dooley, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
This week on "A Way with Words," Martha and Grant talk about strange methods that foreigners use to learn English. Also: is it ever proper to say "...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


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  • Length: 00:53:57
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: whitehouse.gov, Credit: Pete Souza
Addressing a joint Congress on Tuesday, February 24th 2009, President Obama called on American citizens and lawmakers to work together to confront ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 00:53:26
Caption: Butterfly, Credit: Nic McPheem, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/282404811/, licensed http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en
Are fairy tales too scary for young children? Martha and Grant talk about whether those stories are too traumatizing for youngsters. Also, why do w...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, and KERA


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  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 3