Which is the Best? Podcast

Which is the Best Podcast

Episode 134

Periodic table special

Hosts: Lee Kyle and Sammy Dobson

Remit: Decide which is the best between things of the same or similar names

Guests: Yes

Who: 2 experts

Who though: Neil Harris and Julie Grady Thomas

Who are they?: 2 comedians/experts

Experts in what: Neil knows about science and that.

And Julie?: Julie is American.

So, let me get this straight, you are going to decide which is best between some of the elements of the periodic table and things that sound like them?: Yes

Can we have an example?: No

We (Lee Kyle and the nation's sweetheart Sammy Dobson) are delighted that you have chosen us for your podcast needs.

We've earned it though, this is episode 133 mate. You can't put a price on that amount of content. Well, you can and t's free.

This week, Lee is having a slight Edinburgh Fringe tiredness breakdown and they decide Which is the Best (For that is the name of the podcast) between:

Synonyms (Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period[1]

A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another lexeme (word or phrase) in the same language. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another. Words are typically synonymous in one particular sense: for example, long and extended in the context long time or extended time are synonymous, but long cannot be used in the phrase extended family. Synonyms with the exact same meaning share a seme or denotational sememe, whereas those with inexactly similar meanings share a broader denotational or connotational sememe and thus overlap within a semantic field. The former are sometimes called cognitive synonyms and the latter, near-synonyms[2], plesionyms[3] or poecilonyms[4].

Contents

1 Lexicography

2 Etymology

3 Examples

4 See also

5 References

6 External links

Lexicography

Some lexicographers claim that no synonyms have exactly the same meaning (in all contexts or social levels of language) because etymology, orthography, phonic qualities, ambiguous meanings, usage, and so on make them unique. Different words that are similar in meaning usually differ for a reason: feline is more formal than cat; long and extended are only synonyms in one usage and not in others (for example, a long arm is not the same as an extended arm). Synonyms are also a source of euphemisms.

Metonymy can sometimes be a form of synonymy: the White House is used as a synonym of the administration in referring to the U.S. executive branch under a specific president. Thus a metonym is a type of synonym, and the word metonym is a hyponym of the word synonym.

The analysis of synonymy, polysemy, hyponymy, and hypernymy is inherent to taxonomy and ontology in the information-science senses of those terms. It has applications in pedagogy and machine learning, because they rely on word-sense disambiguation.

Etymology

The word comes from Ancient Greek sýn (σύν; "with") and ónoma (ὄνομα; "name").

Examples

Synonyms can be any part of speech, as long as both words belong to the same part of speech. Examples:

verb

buy and purchase

adjective

big and large

adverb

quickly and speedily

preposition

on and upon

Synonyms are defined with respect to certain senses of words: pupil as the aperture in the iris of the eye is not synonymous with student. Such like, he expired means the same as he died, yet my passport has expired cannot be replaced by my passport has died.

In English, many synonyms emerged in the Middle Ages, after the Norman conquest of England. While England's new ruling class spoke Norman French, the lower classes continued to speak Old English (Anglo-Saxon). Thus, today we have synonyms like the Norman-derived people, liberty and archer, and the Saxon-derived folk, freedom and bowman. For more examples, see the list of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English.

and

Cinnamon (A spice)

Do you like your comedy podcasts to come with lashings of stuff about horrific childhood memories and drunks at funerals?

Then do we have an episode for you?

Yes. We do.

It's Which is the Best podcast, fulfilling their self imposed remit of deciding which is the best between things of the same or similar names ad infinitum by this week deciding between:

Scars (Cool wounds)

and

Cigars (Like smoking but even cooler)

Trigger warning: He keeps calling Rodney Dave.

It's a bloody good episode this.

A bloody good episode.

It's episode 131 of Which is the Best podcast but using the conceit that it's the first ever episode because we've long since ran out of ideas.

Look, it's really hot here and I (Lee, the one out of WITB that isn't the lass) have just put a tent up that I'll be staying in for the next 3 1/2 weeks so sorry that this is a really poor explanation of the episode.

Sorry. It's a show about trampettes by the way, the show is better than this.

I'm in a Caffe Nero on Princes Street in Edinburgh, I'll be there for the next half hour or so (Depending when you read this) if you want to come and freak me out.

I think I've caught the sun, not in a tan way more in a way that it has made me bad at writing podcast blurbs.

It's time for the season finale of the first season of Which is the Best podcast, it's a 130 episode long season and we start season 2 next week.

For ages now Lee Kyle (See his fringe show 'Kicking Potatoes Into The Sea' this august) and Sammy Dobson (Isn't doing the fringe) have met to discuss things with the same or similar names.

This week, it has been hot. Very hot. So we decided between:

Air con (Like a fan probably, is that how it works?)

and

Con Air (THERE'S A BOMB ON THE BUS)

There can't be that many podcast episodes of any podcast ever that contain the words 'pre cum' more than this one.

We are arm deep into this thing now. It's 129 Episodes in and there's no way out.

It's Which is the Best, your 19th favourite podcast and your regular listening stop for hearing horrific opinions and sad stories about a girl from Byker Grove getting bullied.

This week, as per the remit, we continue deciding between things as we work out which is the best between:

FOIL - shiny paper

FOIL - Thwarting a plan

and

FOIL - The other meaning of the word foil.

Thank you for listening and that.

Lee Theodore Kyle and Sammy T Dobson esq. Together they are Wyld Stallions.

Due to it (Football) coming home (To England, Croatia or France) Which is the Best podcast episode 128 is an England World Cup It's Coming Home Three Lions On A Shirt 1966 Fatty Foulkes Lost to the USA in 1950 Special

So, in our quest to decide WITB between things of the same or similar names for ages, we decide between:

Harry Kane (England's rose)

or

Hurricane (Naughty wind)

Dele Ali (England's other rose)

or

Deli Alley (A street with loads of nice little foods shops)

Three Lions (On a shirt)

or

Sealions (On a shirt)

Plus another one that is too horrific to say here and keep friends.

Which is the Best are proud to announce their latest baby, which they have called Episode 127.

Well, not proud, but certainly not ashamed.

What is it? It's a podcast about deciding between things of the same or similar names.

Aww! How cute! What does it weigh? 8 pounds and 3 ounces and it has been sick down itself.

This week, one of the hosts (Lee Kyle and Sammy Dobson) tries to introduce a new character to spice things up, a cowboy called Clive. The other host isn't at all into it, which is a shame as Clive has a lot going for him.

And they decide between:

Cords (Trousers for people who want them)

Chords (Something to do with music)

and

Cords (Don't pull it!)

Can you leave us 5 stars on wherever you review this stuff please? You don't have to mean it.

Which is the Best is a podcast that has it all. Episodes, hosts, a theme tune, an RSS feed, the lot!

To add to this pile of everything, Lee Kyle (Sunburnt) and Sammy Dobson (Likes vinegar) meet and decide between the following things with similar names:

Q - Letter

Queue -Waiting, possibly in a bank

Cue - Snooker weapon

Cue - Like what an actor waits for

Kew - Gardens

FEATURING ANECDOTES

Hello potential podcast listeners.

One of the two hosts of Which is the Best podcast (Episode 125) cooked with Ainsley Harriott this week.

If that isn't going to make you listen, you probably aren't going to listen so it is pointless giving you any more information here.