You're Saying It Wrong

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You're Saying It Wrong episodes

April 15, 2022 Trademark this!
Hey, can we trademark this? No, I mean, can we trademark the word, "this"? We may not be lawyers, but that's never stopped us from having opinions, especially when it comes to trademarking every word under the sun. I'm sure we can trademark "digression" though, we've cornered the market on that one...
34 min
April 01, 2022 We're Doing Some Verbing | YSIW
Which came first, the chicken or the chickening out? The egg or the egging on? The noun or the verb? Today we're looking at verbing nouns and nouning verbs, and maybe even a little adjectiving while we're at it. Trust us, this episode is NOT cringe!
35 min
March 18, 2022 A Visit From Lady Mondegreen | YSIW
Have you ever wondered who Jimi Hendrix was talking about when he sang, "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy"? We don't know! Because that's not what he said. Today we look at mondegreens, those times we mishear lyrics or phrases in ways that completely change their meaning.
36 min
March 04, 2022 Encore: Place Name Showdown
Horrors! As a result of some unforeseen circumstances, we're without a new episode this week. We're disappointed, too! But this does give us a chance to listen back to one of our favorite episodes (actually two of them, combined), from early 2020, which also contains some information that's very relevant to current global events. We really do apologize, and we'll be back in two weeks with a shiny new episode for your ears to enjoy.
45 min
February 18, 2022 A really, really, really hard quiz
First we take a look at a survey of words that people think make other people sound smart, and then we tackle the most difficult word quiz we've ever had on the show. No, really, this is sorta nuts. Plus, some investing advice you should definitely NOT take.
44 min
February 04, 2022 We're in a Mood | YSIW
If I were you, I'd hold on to my hat, because in this week's episode we're going to try to tackle the subjunctive mood! We're doing a lot of this under protest.
30 min
January 21, 2022 Driving Linguistic Change | YSIW
Some listener emails prompted Kathy and Ross to take a look at the idea that women are the real drivers of innovation in language.
30 min
January 07, 2022 Get Thee Behind Me, 2021! | YSIW
It's our annual airing of grievances, as we vent about the words we'd like to leave in the rear view mirror as we head into a new year. And fair warning: we get pretty petty!
39 min
December 24, 2021 The (Most Mispronounced) Words of the Year! | YSIW
We wrap up 2021 with a look at the most mispronounced words of the year-- we don't even know what some of these things are, let alone how to say them!
35 min
December 10, 2021 A Grab Bag of Confusion | YSIW
Prompted by some listener emails, we're returning to our bread and butter: words we accidentally use when we mean to use other words. It's confusable time!
37 min

About You're Saying It Wrong

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From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Podcast Network, You're Saying It Wrong is a podcast that looks at what we get wrong—and what we sometimes get right—when it comes to this English language.…