Deep-Fried Air (Rebroadcast) - 26 December 2022
A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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I Did It Correctly and I'm Not Saying That I Don't Know French
Gene hauler who lives just north of Asheville North Carolina wrote us to say I was reading Simon Winchester's the professor in the madman and he used the phrase piling peleon upon Asa with no further explanation. Kristin: We're always grateful when you send us down an interesting etymological rabbit hole. You can do that by sending your emails to words at wayward radio dot o r g hello you have a way with words oh hello this is Kristin I'm calling from Cincinnati hi Kristin welcome to the show.
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