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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Sexy Prunes - 16 December 2013
Description: You’re in a business meeting. Is it bad manners to take out your phone to send or read a text? A new study suggests that how you feel about mid-meeting texting differs depending on your age and sex. Grant and Martha offer book recommendations for readers and writers on your gift list. And why do people from Boston sound the way they do? Plus, how translators translate, sky vs. skies, caboose vs. crummy, gentleman cows, orey-eyed, and an entire rap song without the letter E.Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your tho...