Grant Barrett

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Caption: Roy Blount Jr., Credit: Brad P. under a Creative Commons license, http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpende/2584399797/, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en.

A Way with Words: A Conversation with Roy Blount Jr. (00:15:39)
From: A Way with Words

Humorist Roy Blount Jr. sits down with Grant for a conversation about the controversy over writers’ rights, the Amazon Kindle 2, Roy’s recent book, Alphabet Juice, “sonicky” ...
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.

A Way with Words: Tweet, Tweet! Polly Wanna Cracker! (#1254) (00:53:58)
From: A Way with Words

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 Twitter. Grant and Martha ...
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.

A Way with Words: Tweet, Tweet! Polly Wanna Cracker! (#1254) (00:53:58)
From: A Way with Words

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 Twitter. Grant and Martha ...
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A Way with Words: A Walk Spoiled But Our Lie is Good (#1255) (00:53:57)
From: A Way with Words

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 "I'm going 'golfing'" rather ...
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A Way with Words: I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords (#1256) (00:53:59)
From: A Way with Words

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. Martha and Grant talk about the ...

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