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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Hard Words Are Hard (Rebroadcast) - 24 August 2015
Description: The SAT is changing things up, but thatās not necessarily a bad thing. Just because words likeĀ membranousĀ are no longer in the verbal section doesnāt mean kids arenāt learning important vocabulary. And speaking of useful terms, shouldnāt we have an English word for āthe parents of your childās spouseā? Actually, there is one. And if your daughter gets divorced, should she call her former husband herā¦wasband? Plus, Sheboyganisms likeĀ fry outĀ andĀ hot tamales,Ā please find attachedĀ and other e-mail language, the two meanings ofĀ inertia,Ā Z-plurals, and mispronounced words.Read full show notes, hea...