Shauna looks at the history of the phrase, Wrong Side of the Bed. Dan plays a game. They both make fun of America for failing to learn the metric system. Plus, 3 great book recommendations:

Schmegoogle by Daniel Klien

Words The Sea Gave Us by Grace Tierney

Your Brain on Facts by Moxie LaBouche

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This week we talk with about the evolution of language with Daniel Klien, author of the soon-to-be-released book, Schmegoogle: Yiddish Words for the Modern Times.

We cover Yiddish roots, the comedic styles of different languages, parallels between Yiddish and the Black community, and the importance of being able to make fun of yourself.

This week Shauna and Dan discuss the muddied origins of the phrase, "If The Shoe Fits". Shauna stans Hamilton while Dan talks about his first pseudonym - his gamer tag. #BunnyTrails

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This week we talk with Grace Tierney, the author of the new book "Words The Sea Gave Us". We talk about nautical words, the book writing process, bringing back some interesting words, NaNoWriMo, and Moby Dick's contribution to our knowledge of sailor-speak. Grace is bringing back Ahoy! as the way we answer the phone instead of Hello. We're totally in for this. Join us for our first "Conversations" episode on this week's Bunny Trails!

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This week Shauna and Dan are swamped with a special project. So you get to revisit the awesome phrase Bury the Hatchet, which originally aired on October 3, 2018. It doesn't seem like almost 2 years ago... it seems like a decade ago. March seems like two years ago.

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Shauna and Dan argue over the pronunciation of Oliver Wendell Holmes' name. Shauna discusses Death Warmed Over while Dan talks about his favorite funeral food. It's macabre on this week's Bunny Trails!

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This week Shauna and Dan stay completely sober as they talk about a number of sheets in the wind. This nautical term refers to one of the ropes holding onto the sail... not the sail itself. Which is among the many not-obvious facts you'll learn on this week's Bunny Trails!

This week we explore "Wave a Magic Wand". Shauna teaches Dan that humans can create works that are far better than their creators, while Dan spends most of his time making Dungeons & Dragons jokes and mis-quoting mythical stories. Shout outs in this one to the Lexitecture Podcast as well as Susie Dent and Sir Patrick Stewart.

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In this solo work, Dan spends almost 20 minutes talking about mixed metaphors. It's no use crying over spilled beans, cause you can count your bridges before you've crossed them. Check it out!

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This week mixes entomology with etymology as Dan explores the phrase Queen Bee. For thousands of years we called them King Bees, despite knowing for a good portion of that time the leader of the honey bee colony was female. Spoiler alert: It's Aristotle's fault. We'll, his and everyone else who contributed (and still contributes) to systemic discrimination in nearly all our institutions. We have earworms, Twitter threads, and long book titles in store for this week's Bunny Trails!

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