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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Pinking Shears - 8 July 2024
Description: When youâre distracted by trying to get the perfect photo at a wedding or fiddling with your camera during a solar eclipse, youâre missing out on some of the experience itself. Thereâs a term for this: Itâs called overshadowing. Plus one of Lionel Hamptonâs old bandmates recalls hearing him greet fellow musicians with âHow you doing, gates?â It may be because good jazz swings, and so does a gate if you give it a push! Also, what is a brickfielder? Donât look for one in a baseball stadium. And: unta, schnuff for the ânoseâ at the end of a loaf...