Susie and Gyles are going hammer and tongs at the English language today as they deconstruct the world of DIY…  

Come learn why the vice isn’t as vicious as it may seem, what the saxons and the saw have in common and why the “saw” also “see’s”.  

 Gyles and Susie, share their despair at their own DIY abilities and although Gaffa tape is Gyles’ solution to all his DIY needs Susie explains why (at least in the DIY world) Gyles will never be ‘The Gaffa’.   

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:  

Umbethink: To ruminate or ponder 

Eilkrankheit: Hurry sickness Sloomy: 

Languorous  Gyles' poem was 'Where the Mind is without' by Rabindranath Tagore  

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Put your best foot forward and join us as we march through the sole-ful language of shoes. There’s no loafing around as we find out what links your pumps to ocean liners, the beach snacks that lend their name to winklepickers, and the connection between the boot of your car and the boots on your feet. Plus there’s a rumour going round that Gyles wears socks with his crocs… or is that a load of old cobblers?   

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:  

Ultracrepidarian - a presumptuous critic who offers an opinion on matters far outside their sphere of knowledge 

Estivate - to retire for the summer 

Charente - a sudden burst of productive energy similar to a fit-of-the-clevers  

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Psssss psssss... Over here Purple People! It’s your weekly dose of the English language where Susie and Gyles let the cat out the bag about all those word myths you’ve always wondered about!   

And speaking about cats, today’s episode will be all about our feline friends.   

Gyles and Susie’s cats have been regular guests on the podcast so today, Susie will uncover the link between cats in bags and pigs in a poke, how an affection for the name ‘Margeret’ gave us our moggy cat and why being greedy led to skinning cats (but not literally thankfully)!    

Gyles turns film critic and shares his opinion on the 2019 musical film based on T.S.Eliot’s poems, Cats, and we also get to discuss another classic British film when we explore why we find it difficult to herd cats.  

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Lack-linen - shirtless 

Rakehelly - wild; dissolute; rakehell 

Sluggardize - to make lazy  

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Recorded on the hottest day of the year where better to seek some solace than within the cool walls of a cathedral? Take a seat as we take in the nautical origins of the nave, the link between the spire and an arrow, and we learn why you might literally be hanging on the words delivered from the pulpit. Also in the show, we answer some brilliant listener questions and Gyles recounts one of his finest tales about losing his grip in Canterbury Cathedral. 

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Immoment – of no importance at all. 

Guttle – to drink thirstily 

Kissing-crust – when one crust touches another in the oven 

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July is the 125th anniversary of The Tate Britain, one of the UK’s most established art galleries, so today on the podcast we are going to be dedicating an episode to Art and specifically, painting . 

We’ll discover what the connection is between the painter’s canvas and a cannabis plant, why the painter’s palette is linked to the garden shovel and we explore the painting style of egg tempera albeit with a minor foray into Japanese cuisine.  

Susie and Gyles dive into their own art collection sharing stories from Coulter to Churchill and Gyles reveals that there have been numerous occasions where he’s sat ‘warts and all’ for his portrait.  

Our correspondence section sees the birth of a new word that Susie and Gyles challenge the Purple People to get behind in a bid for a 2023 OED entry (thank you Hannah Coulter) and Susie shares three delightful or even numptious words with us. 

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:  

Numptious: Cuddly and delightful. 

Peradventure: Perhaps. 

Sciapodous: Having huge feet.  

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We’re stepping up to the crease this week as we test our knowledge of the rich, and sometimes baffling, language of cricket. We discover the agricultural origins behind some of the terms, we find out the difference between the different ducks, and we have to admit to being stumped by some of the lingo along the way.

As always we have a lot of fun, answer some of your brilliant questions, and Gyles signs off with a beautiful and poignant poem. 

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Susie’s Trio:

Flabellation: using a fan to cool down

Fletcherize: to slowly chew your food (strictly speaking 30 times)

Nyctalopia: poor vision in low light

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We’re brushing off our entomological skills once again as we revisit the world of creepy crawlies. Find out why ants in your pants is a bad thing but the ant’s pants is quite good. We also swap nostalgic stories of VW Beetles and we find out about a very famous person who still gets butterflies in her stomach when performing. It all creates quite a buzz. 

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Susie’s Trio:

Fustilarian – one who pursues worthless objects or aims

Ploiter – to work half-heartedly

Myrmidon – a slavish and ruthless follower of someone else

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Today’s episode is fabulous in the most literal of senses as Susie and Gyles are looking into fables and specifically the works of one of the most famous writers; Aesop.

In a slow and steady manner, we will learn about greed with the help of a goose and a golden cacklefart and how the combination of foxes and grapes can impart teachings on petulance. Be ready for many marvels, morals and myths as Susie and Gyles discuss the questions surrounding Aesop and his very existence. 

You will not be blowing hot and cold by the end of his episode as we hear from some more wonderful Purple People with their intriguing questions but you may be feeling some of the heat after Gyles’ sizzler of a poem. 

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Susie’s Trio

Umbrageous - Creating or providing shade, shady

Psithurism - Whispering of the leaves in a summer breeze

Joining Giblets - Getting married

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This week we’re embracing nostalgia and throwing open our trunks to skip through the wonderful world of toys. Along the way we discover the real Teddy behind the bear, where the word Muppet comes from, and why it’s not necessarily a good thing to be as pleased as punch. We also reminisce about trips to Hamley’s (some for business, some for pleasure), Gyles reveals the star attractions in his Teddy collection, and did he really meet the real Barbie and Ken?

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Susie’s Trio:

Tu quoque - an argument that throws back the same charge on an accuser

Whataboutery - responding to an accusation my making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue

Vibrissae - the stiff hairs that grow about the face of many mammals: eg a cat’s whiskers

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Here in the UK, we’re striding into summer - we’ve just celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee where people were quaffing Pimm’s at street parties up and down the country and with Wimbledon just around the corner, an episode on Summer Fruits seemed the perfect way to add some extra garnish to your summer excitement. 

We’ll discover what barbarians and rhubarb have in common, why you should carry a basket as a third wheel on a date and what could make you a ‘top banana’. Susie and Gyles share stories of their favourite - and least favourite - deserts and with peachy keenness, Gyles shares a number of royal name drops.

We’ll dive to the bottom of the sea to meet Davy Jones in our correspondence section before wrapping up with an excellent trio from susie (see below) and a beautiful poem from Gyles. 

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Susie's Trio: 

Winx: To bray like a donkey

Skirr: The sound of birds’ wings in flight

Desticate: To squeak like a rat 

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