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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Paper to Pixels, Pages to Screens - 30 June 2008
Description: [This episode first aired March 8, 2008.] You've just read a terrific paperback novel. Would you feel any differently about it if you'd the same words on the glowing screen of an electronic book? Martha and Grant discuss the social and psychological implications of books that run on batteries. A caller remembers an odd phrase from her childhood. If she asked too many questions, her mother would brush them off with the phrase 'layers for meddlers and crutches for lame ducks.' Say what? A Milwaukee listener is curious about an expression he uses to...