Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast

BTPEp06 Call It A Day


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This week Shauna and Dan give up and Call it A Day. Well, almost. They discover the origins of the word call, leading to the idiom that means things from big to small. They talk Davy Crockett, Mark Twain, and Howard Taft. Also how idioms can permeate even the strongest echo chambers like a semi-permeable membrane on a cell wall.
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Bunny Trails: A Word History PodcastBy Shauna Harrison, Dan Pugh

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