Time to don your toque and get cozy in your bunnyhug Purple People because today we are beginning our North American tour and our first destination is Canada, Ey! 

We’ll warm up with a steaming bowl of Poutine followed by a double-double and a few Timbits as we get on the (etymological) road stopping along the way at Newfoundland and the ‘Capcity’, Ottawa. 

Talks of Newfoundland lead Gyles to share stories of his ‘most magical, musical’ evening at the theatre seeing a show about the island but that’s not before we have a triple Canadian name drop and discover that Gyles himself has Canadian blood! Susie’s dendrophile nature is perfectly placed to explore the wilderness of Canada but it’s the ice hockey that has her sharing a long lost dream of performing a deke on the ice. 

We’ll take a small trip with the mounties before settling down for a Jiggs Dinner for a couple of Twoonies and a bit of cloffin by the fire. 

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Cloffin: to warm yourself by the fire and to warm the back of your legs specially, that is Brabbag 

Exlex - An outlaw 

Fysifunkus: One with no curiosity at all 

Gyles' poem this week was 'Variations on the Word Love' by Margaret Atwood  

This is a word we use to plug 

holes with. It’s the right size for those warm 

blanks in speech, for those red heart- 

shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing 

like real hearts. Add lace 

and you can sell 

it. We insert it also in the one empty 

space on the printed form 

that comes with no instructions. There are whole 

magazines with not much in them 

but the word love, you can 

rub it all over your body and you 

can cook with it too. How do we know 

it isn’t what goes on at the cool 

debaucheries of slugs under damp 

pieces of cardboard? As for the weed- 

seedlings nosing their tough snouts up 

among the lettuces, they shout it. 

Love! Love! sing the soldiers, raising 

their glittering knives in salute.  

Then there’s the two 

of us. This word 

is far too short for us, it has only 

four letters, too sparse 

to fill those deep bare 

vacuums between the stars 

that press on us with their deafness. 

It’s not love we don’t wish 

to fall into, but that fear. 

this word is not enough but it will 

have to do. It’s a single 

vowel in this metallic 

silence, a mouth that says 

O again and again in wonder 

and pain, a breath, a finger 

grip on a cliffside. You can 

hold on or let go. 

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Welcome back to Something Rhymes with Purple for our first show in our Autumn tour! Recorded live at the Fortune Theatre in London, Susie and Gyles arrived with bells and whistles on for an etymological exploration into the world of bells, specifically the Capital’s Big Ben.

There was much tintinnabulation (as much as Gyles tried to derail this) and our lovely audience of Purple People got to discover the links between cups and chimes, why bells were responsible for re-naming the belfry tower, and why Swiss Cow Bells are nostalgic. 

We were saved by the bell once discussions of ringing one’s bell went a little too far and Gyles got his (metaphorical) catsuit on to give us a stunning rendition of T.S. Eliot’s ‘Gus: The Theatre Cat’ from Eliot’s Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Matter-fangled: to have got into a muddle while talking

Rackups: your just desserts

Quanker: someone who settles a dispute

Gyles' poem this week was 'Gus: The Theatre Cat' by 'T.S. Eliot'

Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.

His name, as I ought to have told you before,

Is really Asparagus. That's such a fuss

To pronounce, that we usually call him just Gus.

His coat's very shabby, he's thin as a rake,

And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake.

Yet he was, in his youth, quite the smartest of Cats--

But no longer a terror to mice and to rats.

For he isn't the Cat that he was in his prime;

Though his name was quite famous, he says, in its time.

And whenever he joins his friends at their club

(Which takes place at the back of the neighbouring pub)

He loves to regale them, if someone else pays,

With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days.

For he once was a Star of the highest degree--

He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree.

And he likes to relate his success on the Halls,

Where the Gallery once gave him seven cat-calls.

But his grandest creation, as he loves to tell,

Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell.

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Don your armour and grab your steed, Purple people because today we are galloping onto the battle field to uncover the etymological treasures of Weaponry.   

From biting bullets to smoking guns, Susie will guide us through the link between rainbows and archery, what the Armadillo has to do with armoury and why freelancers weren’t always that friendly. Gyles shares some further behind-the-scenes details of one of the most watched events on tele which leads into discussions of corona (but not that corona) and why it’s courteous to curtsy.   

Susie and Gyles have their weekly dose of three scintillating words and a delicious poem for us and as always, they want to hear from you! 

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:   

Kalokagathia: Nobility and goodness of character 

Nidification: to build a nest and retreat for a while 

Polydipsia: A great thirst (usually in a figurative sense eg. for fame)  

Gyles' poem this week was ‘To You’ by  Langston Hughes  

To sit down and dream, 

To sit and read, 

To sit and learn about the world 

Outside our world of here and now- 

Our problem world- 

To dream of vast horizons of the soul 

Through dreams made whole, 

Unfettered free-help me! 

All you who are dreamers,too, 

Help me to make our world anew. 

I reach out my dreams to you.   

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You heard it here first - we’re expanding our horizons here on Something Rhymes with Purple and welcome you to join us for not just 1, but 2 episodes every week.  If you’re an Apple Purple Person, tap the banner in the app to enjoy a 7-day free trial or head to purpleplusclub.com to join us on all other platforms.  As if that wasn’t enough, you will also get all episodes completely ad-free.  

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It’s time to take a trip to the bakery Purple People where we will run into Lords and Ladies, horses and testicles as we explore the shelves of bread.   

Come discover why the upper crust really is better, what bread rolls and parchment have in common, how lumps and humps gave name to Nubbys and Cobs and why having butter with your chip butty is essential.  

Gyles shares his latest ‘Oh Crumbs!’ moment and Susie tells us about her Sourdough Bread making adventure.   

It really is the best thing since sliced bread…   

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:   

Overmorrow - The day after tomorrow 

Roucoulement: The gentle cooing of doves 

Yesterfang: That which was caught or taken yesterday   

Gyles' poem this week was 'The Mower' by ‘Philip Larkin' 

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found    

A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,    

Killed. It had been in the long grass.  

I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.    

Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world    

Unmendably. Burial was no help:  

Next morning I got up and it did not. 

The first day after a death, the new absence    

Is always the same; we should be careful  

Of each other, we should be kind    

While there is still time.    

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We’ve spoken before about Susie’s, often fancy, water glasses that she sips on throughout the recordings… so this week we are pouring our thoughts into the vessels that we use to hold our drinks and have done for many centuries. 

Eavesdrop on us, with your favourite drink as we spill what we know about water vessels. 

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Zarf: a cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee-cup, used in the Levant, usually of metal and of ornamental design 

Aprosexia: an inability to concentrate due to a distracted mind (prosexis: heedfulness) 

Froonce: to frolic exuberantly 

Gyles' poem this week was from Martyn Hesford ’s book ‘Lilac White’. 

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We’re always impressed with how Gyles manages to hot foot around the country with such speed, what is his fitness regime? So, it is back to the gymnasium this week, fully clothed this time, to discuss the many different forms of exercise from the equipment to the ever-expanding number of classes. Eavesdrop on us and hear how Susie demonstrates her burpee.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Kackle stomached – to have your stomach turned easily 

Linnard: to be a slow eater, the last to finish a meal 

Norman: to be tyrannical 

Gyles' poem this week are:

You Still Don’t Understand by Jane Mcculloch 

I tried to tell you in a letter,

Now I’ll tell you in a verse.

When good no one was better,

When bad no one was worse. 

Dedicatory Ode by Hilaire Belloc  (Verse 10) 

From quiet homes and first beginning,

to the undiscovered ends,

there's nothing worth the wear of winning,

but laughter and the love of friends. 

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Building on our recent fascination with cathedrals, this week we cast our architectural net a bit wider by taking a look at the other wonderful structures we walk past every day. Eavesdrop on us as we delve beneath the facade and open a window on everything from Bauhaus to Gothic, whilst being a little arch along the way.  

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:  

Scripturiant: having a strong urge to write. 

Patrizate: to imitate one's fathers or forebears. 

Catillate: to lick the dishes clean.  

Gyles' poem this week was 'The Living Proof' by Roger McGough   

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What’s small and red and speaks with a husky voice? A hoarse radish! (groan!) And Purple People, that’s what we have on the table for you today. 

We are exploring the condiments box so pull up a chair and get ready for some spicy chat!  

We’ll learn how a fishy trade with South East Asia gave us one of our most beloved red accompaniments, before we stop off at Branston Lodge in Burton-upon-Trent to taste one of the most popular pickles around. 

Elsewhere, Gyles takes us on a saucy tour of the Houses of Parliament and Susie explains why being 'mustard' is a compliment you should be happy to receive.   

We’ll hear from some wonderful Purple People in this week's correspondence and Gyles finds inspiration in the nation's favourite brown sauce for today’s poem.  

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:  

Äugend and Addend. - In a simple equation, (e.g. 3+4) The first number is the augend and the number that is added to it is the addend. 

Amatorculist - Someone who trifles with your emotions and leaves you heartbroken.  

Hirquiticke: a horny teenager; "one past fourteene yeeres of age, beginning to bee moved with Venus delight" (Henry Cockeram, An English Dictionary, 1623)  

Gyles’ poem was: Mary Wilson - On the Death of Harold Wilson  

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