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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: A Hole to China (Rebroadcast) - 8 September 2014
Description: Have a question about objective pronouns? Whom ya gonna call? Waitâis that right? Or would it be âwho ya gonna callâ? âWhomâ may be technically correct, but insisting on it can get you called an elitist. Itâs enough to make you nervous as a polecat in a perfume parlor! And if you really want to dig a hole all the way to China, donât start anywhere in the continental United Statesâyouâll come out at the bottom of the ocean! Plus, how to pronounce the name of the Show-Me State, catfishing, gallon smashing, and what it means to conversa...