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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: That Old-Book Smell - 30 September 2013
Description: You walk into a used bookstore, or pull down an old volume at the library, and there it is: The smell of old books. If you detect notes of vanilla in that intoxicating scent, thereâs a reason. Also, why some people think the word awesome is overused, why Comic Sans is a font almost universally reviled, and the origin of the phrase âaround Robin Hoodâs barn.â Plus, chuck it vs. chunk it, sharing out, the dummy it, intellectual jokes, and the answers some parents give when a kid asks one too many questions. As in, âDaddy, whatâs that?â âWhy, itâs...