ShowSegments

These are discrete parts, or segments, of whole episodes from the radio show A Way with Words. Each episode has about ten to 15 segments. If you click on segment names, you should find a playable audio file where you can listen to just that segment without having to seek through a whole episode.

Face with Tears of Joy

For a deep dive into the world of emoji, check out Keith Houston’s new book, Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of the Emoji (Bookshop|Amazon). Emoji offer what’s called paralinguistic restitution, that is, restoring to written language...

Pronouncing Macabre

How do you pronounce the word macabre, meaning β€œmorbid” or β€œgruesome”? The word may go back to the ancient Book of Maccabees, commemorated in medieval France with the danse de MacabrΓ©, often depicted in art as skeletons leading every type of person...

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