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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Go Bananas - 12 September 2022
Description: A caller wonders if sheâs being hypersensitive about the way her boss addresses her in emails. Can the use of an employeeâs first name ever reflect a power differential? And: a community choir director wants a term for âthe act of gathering to sing for the pure joy of it, without ever preparing for a performance.â For her, the word rehearsal doesnât really fit. Plus, whatâs so funny about bananas, anyway? Why do we say Thatâs bananas!? Also glacial erratic, a Swahili riddle, defenestration, overmorrow, funny names for Greek gods, enchantment, accent, etui, a puzzle about similes, K...