What do you get when you mix a shelty and a cocker? A shocker! Or how about a dachshund and a border collie? That’d make it a dashboard. We don’t want to know what you’d call a cross between a pit bull and shih tzu. This is part of a complete...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle called “Double Dog Dare.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Double-Dog-Dare Word Puzzle” You’re listening to A Way with Words. I’m Martha Barnette. And I’m Grant Barrett, and we’re joined by our...
Sharpen those pencils! Martha and Grant are doing crossword puzzles on the air again, preparing for their appearance with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in New York City.
An Atlanta native wants to know why she and her fellow Southerners grew up using the word plum, as in “plum tuckered out.” Martha explains the connection between that kind of “plum” and “plumbers.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...