New episode! waywordradio.org/pinking-shea... Overshadowing, gates in jazz, brickfielder, unta, schnuff, a “take-off” quiz, chimping, catch a crab, vocabulary from Utah, pinking shears, steady by jerks, uncaptured, and how to pronounce in situ, and more. Oh, my stars and garters!
New episode! waywordradio.org/sleeve-island/ Language from a monastery, drip pricing, perfect!, knitting lingo, yuppies, mixtape vs. mixed tape, rubber jungle, as the crow flies, desire lines, mommick, squishy mail, a devilish quiz, hebdomadary, querfeldein, perrijo, zhuzh, and more.
Language from inside a monastery. A Benedictine monk shares terms from his world: For example, corporate prayer refers to praying as a group, not urging
One week from tomorrow! The Thalia Potamianos Lecture by renowned classics scholar Emily Wilson, translator of The Iliad & The Odyssey on May 8—introduced by Comma Queen Mary Norris. Free, but you must register to attend or livestream. www.ascsa.edu.gr/events/detai...
New episode! waywordradio.org/electric-soup/ The antarctic accent, art jargon, stravenue and stroad, dingle day, booty, clambake, a conga quiz, to go to the salt mines, death eating a cracker, daffodil vs. jonquil, new books about language, #30#, and lots more.
Hey, NYC! Don't miss the Thalia Potamianos Lecture by renowned Iliad & Odyssey translator Emily Wilson May 8! Free, but you must register to attend or livestream. @EmilyRCWilson @ASCSAthens @MaryNorrisTNY https://ow.ly/OOQz50Rbz8x
New episode! https://waywordradio.org/blue-dolphin/ Stopping um and uh, Appalachian medical terms, language mouthfeel, pan-pan, inkhorn terms, Hollywood anachronisms, dout, Werner Herzog’s new memoir, an abecedarian puzzle, latibulate, agelastic, and lots more.
It's just around the corner! Visit ABAA's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair April 4-7. We're grateful for their support of our show! https://tinyurl.com/5cnrzk2w
Listen to your "A Way with Words" hosts talk about restaurant language on Chris Kimball's "Milk Street": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christopher-kimballs-milk-street-radio/id1158889592
New episode! https://waywordradio.org/gilded-age/ Escaping family tyrrany via poetry, egg creams, chin dimples, arrested sternutation, nonplussed, slatch, the Gruen effect, tinker, barnburner, up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire, naming lakes, a word game, and lots more.
A new musical about grammar, and a fabulous review of it by the one and only @MaryNorrisTNY! A must-read for word nerds. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/comma-queen/a-musical-for-and-about-grammar-sticklers