Deep-Fried Air (Rebroadcast) - 26 December 2022
A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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Have You Ever Had an Experience With Bed Bugs?
What do you call those paths in your part of the country let us know 877-929-9673 or send us your thoughts about language to words at wayward radio.org hello you have a way with words hi Grant and Martha this is Jane Kenyon in Tippecanoe County Indiana yeah hi I have a question that came to my mind when I was reading a book by Kinky Friedman the book is Armadillos and Old Lace and he used to phrase crazy as a Betsy bug and then it made me remember that as a child I remember saying crazy as a bed bug so my questions are who is this poor Betsy and how did she come to
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