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'Possum' or 'Opossum'?
This week we finally address it: the two spellings of everyone's favorite North American marsupial.
Plus, we do a deep dive on 'staycation' and various other leisure-related portmanteaus!
Hosted by Emily Brewster, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.
Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.
Transcript available here.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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By Merriam-Webster, New England Public Media
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This week we finally address it: the two spellings of everyone's favorite North American marsupial.
Plus, we do a deep dive on 'staycation' and various other leisure-related portmanteaus!
Hosted by Emily Brewster, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.
Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.
Transcript available here.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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