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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Sweet Dreams (Rebroadcast) - 24 September 2018
Description: In deafening workplaces, like sawmills and factories, workers develop their ownĀ elaborate sign languageĀ to discuss everything from how their weekend went to when the boss is on his way. Plus, English speakers borrowed the wordsĀ lieutenantĀ andĀ precipiceĀ from French, and made some changes along the way, but not in ways you might suspect. Finally, how do you pronounce the name of the New York concert hall you can reach with lots of practice? Is it CAR-neg-ghee Hall ā¦ or Car-NEG-ghee? Plus, āno great shakes,āĀ Gomer, a limerick about leopards,Ā foafiness, and āsleep in the arms of Morpheus.āļ»æRead full show...