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

Colonial English - 28 January 2019


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The anatomy of effective prose, and the poetry of anatomy. Ever wonder what it’d be like to audit a class taught by a famous writer? A graduate student’s essay offers a taste of a semester studying with author Annie Dillard. Also, what did George Washington sound like when he spoke? We can make a few guesses based on his social class and a look at dialect changes in colonial America. Plus, where is your body’s xiphoid process? Also: inept vs. eptruly vs. unrulygruntled vs. disgruntled, cross and pile, lick the cat overanyone vs. anybodybloody, and rock, paper, scissors vs. paper, scissors, rock.

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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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