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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Familiar Strangers (Rebroadcast) - 19 January 2026
Description: If you take up texting and social media late in life, thereâs a lot to learn! A twenty-something wants advice getting her dad up to speed on memes, Instagram, and animated images. Plus, when youâre on a long road trip, what do you call that one driver you keep passing on the freeway, or who sets the pace for your car mile after mile? Road buddy? Some call them Follow Johns. Plus, the linguistic reason why some people say âSANG-wichâ instead of âSAND-wich.â Itâs a mouthful â literally! And: thalweg, stick season, quare, jimmycane, the many Spanish words that derive from...