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I talk about the figure of speech called paraprosdokian, and how it fits into the universe of rhetorical figures. It includes puns, too, and I provide examples of it in use.

LINKS

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprosdokian

From a Monty Python Sketch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD8y0PJ2Vo&ab_channel=DougMonthy

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My guest today is Nancy Perpall, who is a former nurse as well as a former attorney who used to practice family law. She saw a lot of people from broad and diverse backgrounds experience the same despair when going through divorce. Last year she published a novel with characters looking for a life partner. Now she’s turned to non-fiction, and will soon be releasing her new book, The Malnourished Marriage: 5 Essential Emotional Nutrients for a Healthy Relationship. The book is not full of dull text and statistics: it is practical advice for those who want to know how to get the love and connection back that they once felt with their life partner. This is “Nutritious Love,” episode 171 of the podcast. Please listen.

Nancy’s Website
https://nancyperpall.com/

Nancy’s Novel
https://www.amazon.com/Around-Which-All-Things-Bend/dp/1665726105/

It’s Not About the Nail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg&ab_channel=JasonHeadley 

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My guest today is Steve Vincent, who talks about self-reflection and examining the issues and characteristics that make you who you are, and has some ideas for how to stay calm in the hectic and stressful world that most of us live in.

Steve's Website
https://stevevincentonline.com/

Steve's Book
https://stevevincentonline.com/finding-you/

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I talk about this word, its prefix, and other words that share the same prefix, meta- .

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My guest is Edward Miskie, author of a book with the great title, Cancer, Musical Theatre, and Other Chronic Illnesses, published in 2017 but now being adapted into a musical TV series. He was a simple joy to converse with: serious, funny, laid-back, honest and open.

LINKS

Edward Miskie's Website
https://linktr.ee/edwardmiskie

Cancer, Musical Theatre, and Other Chronic Illnesses
https://www.amazon.com/Cancer-Musical-Theatre-Chronic-Illnesses/dp/0578191881/

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My guest is Kristin Johnson, who is a writer, screenwriter, and ghost writer. She is the author of the award-winning and award-nominated book, Ain’t “U” Got No Manners?, a great book about social media etiquette that’s both accessible and well researched. She was a joy to talk to, not only about this book, but about parts of the rest of her writing career as well.

LINKS

Ain't "U" Got No Manners?
https://www.amazon.com/Aint-U-Got-No-Manners-ebook/dp/B01N9KX3YI/

Kristin Johnson's Website
https://www.kristinjohnson.net/

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I discuss the small town in Texas where they considered closing the public library system rather than follow a judge's order to reinstate 20 books of "pornographic filth" to the shelves.

Link:

"Texas county roiled by book ban considered closing libraries," CTV News, April 13, 2023
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/texas-county-roiled-by-book-ban-considered-closing-libraries-1.6355212

Credits:

Book cover images from Amazon.ca

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My guest is Bethany Nicole, who is a writer and relationship expert based in Los Angeles. She uses astrology as part of her work with individuals and couples. She has completed a book called Apologies I Never Got, which literary agents are now considering. 

Links:

Bethany Nicole’s Site
https://www.bethanynicole.com/

Bethany Nicole’s LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethanybarton

Bethany Nicole’s Instagram Page
https://www.instagram.com/bethanynicoleauthor

About Apologies I Never Got
https://www.bethanynicole.com/my-work

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I discuss the recent announcement by the Italian government that it is introducing legislation to levy fines on those who use foreign terms, when there is an Italian equivalent, in official documents. I also talk about similar prescriptive tendencies by the governments of France and of the province of Quebec in Canada.

Sources:

"Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English words" (CTV News)
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/italian-government-seeks-to-penalize-the-use-of-english-words-1.6338822

Grande dizionario della lingua italiana
https://www.gdli.it/

Dictionnaire de l’Académie française
https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/

Vitrine linguistique (Office québécois de la langue française)
https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/

Oxford English Dictionary
https://www.oed.com/

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I talk about the use and origin of the word "incent," and its relationship to "incentive" and "incentivize." Plus, I may have developed a screenplay for a movie based on quotations from two separate definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Credit: Excerpt from The Decibel, March 29, 2023 (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-the-2023-federal-budget-in-23-minutes/)