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Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
Episode: Season Premiere: Howdy, It's a Wit's War! - 26 Nov. 2007
Description: It's a brand-new season here on 'A Way with Words!' To celebrate, Martha and Grant are noodling with anagrams--including the one in the title of this episode. Also: A New York schoolteacher asks, 'Why do we call our little finger a 'pinkie'?' Another caller snickers over a newscaster's attempt to pronounce the word 'homage.' A Hoosier who's been hanging out on motorcycle discussion boards is curious about the origin of the term 'do-rag.' 'Why is an undesirable task is called a 'g-job,'' asks a crew member...