The Owlish Folk

In this episode, Amanda and Dave celebrate Bloomsday, a day dedicated to James Joyce and one of his most famous books, Ulysses.

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Hoot hoot! It's The Owlish Folk's one year podcasting anniversary! In this episode, Amanda and Dave reminisce about the past year, discuss why they started the podcast, and share favourite opening words and episodes. Also, they are outrageously thankful to the listeners!

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Also, please check out the Too Many Podcasts show with Jim the Podcast Sherpa! Amanda and Dave were recently interviewed, and they had a lot of fun!

In this episode, Amanda and Dave discuss which is correct: football or soccer.  If you are American, you'll say "soccer." If you are from most places in the world, it's "football."  If you listen to this episode, you may be surprised by the answer!

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In this episode, Amanda and Dave discuss why English-speakers use "good, better, best" and not "good, gooder, goodest." They also talk about "bad, worse, worst" and the linguistic concept of suppletion. 

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In this episode, Amanda and Dave talk about the tricky sentences called "Garden Path Sentences." These sentences are grammatically correct, but seem not to be at first.  Some examples talked about in the episode are:

1. The old man the boat.

2. The horse raced past the barn fell.

3. The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.

4. The prime number few.

5. The man who hunts ducks out on weekends.

6. Until the police arrest the drug dealers control the street.

7. Fat people eat accumulates.

Examples are taken from: https://www.rd.com/culture/garden-path-sentences/

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In this episode, Amanda and Dave talk about sentences that are often made up of one, or a few, repeating words. Ridiculous as they are hilarious, they are actually grammatically correct!  Some examples talked about in the episode are:

1. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

2.  James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

3. A ship-shipping ship ships shipping-ships.

4. Police police Police police police police Police police.

5. Rose rose to put rose roes on her rows of roses.

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In this owlet episode, Amanda and Dave talk about the interesting concept of Escher sentences, also known as "comparative illusions." Some examples talked about in the episode are:

 1. "More people have been to Russia than I have."

2.  "More people have been to Berlin than I have."

3.  "..More people have analyzed it than I have..."

4. "More phones have games on them than this one."

5.  "In Michigan and Minnesota, more people found Mr Bush's ads negative than they did Mr Kerry's."

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In this episode, Amanda and Dave determine if there is a relationship between musical keys and door keys.  Other musical words are discussed, and Amanda tries to stump Dave during a quiz!

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In this episode, Amanda and Dave talk about words related to body parts or organs.  Unique words for common body parts and/or organs are discussed. There's also a pop quiz at the end!

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