A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

Bun in the Oven (Rebroadcast) - 1 December 2019


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How many different ways are there to say you have a baby on the way? You can say you’re pregnant, great with childcluckyawkwardeating for twolumpy, or swallowed a pumpkin seed? • The story behind the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It’s older than the Mary Poppins movie. • Made-up foreignisms, like the one you eat with scrambled eggs: oinkenstrippen!

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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all overBy Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.

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