I wonder if this is something that is in transition in the language right now. I'm 50 and have a 15 year old son. He regularly refers to individual fr...

Actually, there is a weed called plantain, and it would probably grow in Rhode Island: There's your out! :^)

Maybe "con" is a better example than "John"? Or does that also have lots of variation? I used to say it as rhyming with "cone" but after hearing ot...

Never heard of the six bald men trick. Does one have to include Grant? I'd better go listen to the episode... To answer the question: I drink water...

Once, I mentioned to a sociolinguist that I'd grown up in New Mexico, and she wrote up a list of words to check me! We discussed this topic in my ...

The first time I heard one of my children use this - some time in early elementary, in relation to a soccer game ("what team are we versing this weeke...

I don't remember having a special name for it, other than "the back" (as contrasted with "the middle" and "the front" - and don't forget the ever-cov...

We called it sleepy sand. I grew up mostly in New Mexico, as did my dad while my mom was from Missouri. As an adult, I wondered if I should ...

It seems to me that "more than doubled" implies it's at least 2x, but definitely not 3x, and probably not even 2.5x. That is quite different from the ...

On the main page for the show, I made a comment about this segment. Now that I've listened to it and tracked down the reference I was remembering, I'd...