This week we talk about a word that has seemingly gained a lot of currency: busted. Listen to Paul Brians discuss the history of this word and its many uses.
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/magazine/26onlanguage.html?_r=0"> “Busted”</a> by Ben Zimmer 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunks-Original-Little-Rascals-Music/dp/B000005YQ4">The Beau Hunks Play the Original Little Rascals Music</a> 
<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f8a202d282d94328b9953ecee140d1bb/nycs-homeless-skeptical-programs-intended-help-them">NYC’s homeless skeptical of programs intended to help them</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Brown">Buster Brown</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_%28magazine%29">Bust (the magazine)</a>

This week we talk about a word that has seemingly gained a lot of currency: busted. Listen to Paul Brians discuss the history of this word and its many uses. https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/18-bust.mp3 Subscribe on iTunes Download mp3 Links: “Busted” by Ben Zimmer The Beau Hunks Play the Original Little Rascals Music NYC’s homeless skeptical of programs intended to help them Buster Brown Bust (the magazine)

This week we talk about a word that has seemingly gained a lot of currency: busted. Listen to Paul Brians discuss the history of this word and its many uses.
<a href="https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/18-bust.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/18-bust.mp3</a>
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/common-errors-in-english-usage/id1045314112?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe on iTunes</a> 
<a href="https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/18-bust.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download mp3</a>
Links: 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/magazine/26onlanguage.html?_r=0" rel="noopener noreferrer"> “Busted”</a> by Ben Zimmer 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunks-Original-Little-Rascals-Music/dp/B000005YQ4" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Beau Hunks Play the Original Little Rascals Music</a> 
<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f8a202d282d94328b9953ecee140d1bb/nycs-homeless-skeptical-programs-intended-help-them" rel="noopener noreferrer">NYC’s homeless skeptical of programs intended to help them</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Brown" rel="noopener noreferrer">Buster Brown</a> 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_%28magazine%29" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bust (the magazine)</a>

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