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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: XYZ PDQ (Rebroadcast) - 10 September 2018
Description: How often do you hear the words campaign and political in the same breath? Oddly enough, 19th-century grammarians railed against using campaign to mean âan electoral contest.â Martha and Grant discuss why. And, lost in translation: a daughter accidentally insults her Spanish-speaking mother with the English phrase âYou canât teach an old dog new tricks.â Finally, just how many are a couple? Does a couple always mean just two? Or does âHand me a couple of napkinsâ ever really mean âGive me a fewâ?Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn...