Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

She's a pickin' and he's a grinnin'--it's another newsletter from "A Way with Words." Salut!

Oh, hey, sure, it was a rerun this past weekend. A good one, though, with a brand-new word quiz to boot. It has the follow-up to our discussion of "going commando," chatter about where on the body one might find "possible," canvassing, go-aheads, and what a child with two mommies should call them.

Pop this baby in your MP3 player and let 'er rip:

https://waywordradio.org/almost-up-to-possible/

Martha's latest minicast is a discussion of "Hobson's choice." Who was he? Does he know Sophie? Find out!

https://waywordradio.org/whats-a-hobsons-choice/

Next week in North Texas we'll be doing a special two-hour episode during KERA's pledge drive. TWO HOURS! We've got some good stuff planned, including a special appearance by author and humorist Roy Blount Jr., who will be playing our slang quiz. We'll also have a very southern focus to the calls and questions. Give it a listen and make sure to let KERA know that you appreciate what the station does for your brain. If you fork over a little humble dosh you can get signed copies of our books as thank-you gifts.

http://kera.org/radio/

What's your favorite phoneme? Check out this discussion on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2204464345&topic=2183

And take this quiz: "What phoneme are you?"

http://quiz.applatform.com/track/?i=346562&h=c5b2c4f6f1ca6b763d3d039cf0f99111

We love little furry creatures, so we're delighted to recommend a podcast for those of you with dogs in the family. Jolanta Benal is a certified pet dog trainer who now records a podcast as "The Dog Trainer." She uses science that supports dog-friendly, human-friendly training, with plenty of rewards and fun for the animal. Humans will find in her podcasts useful, wholesome tidbits about things like teaching a dog not to bark when someone knocks at the door or training a puppy to chew on the right things. Makes us want to go reread all the James Herriot books.

Listen to Jolanta here:

http://dogtrainer.quickanddirtytips.com/

Best wishes,

Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett
Co-hosts of A Way with Words
https://waywordradio.org
words@waywordradio.org

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