What do you call a party that new parents throw to introduce a baby to family and friends? Kiss-and-cry? Try sip-and-see. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Sip-and-See” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello, this is Cassandra from...
When someone’s fast asleep, a Texan might say that he’s “out like Lottie’s eye.” But who’s Lottie and what happened to her eye? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Out Like Lottie’s Eye” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is...
The hosts debate the right way to pronounce the name of that meaty Greek sandwiches known as gyros. Is it JEE-roh? JYE-roh? YEE-roh? Something more Greek-sounding? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Pronouncing Gyros” Hello, you have...
A Texas family has a dispute with a prospective in-law who happens to be a chef. Is their favorite spicy chocolate cake properly known as a sheath cake or a sheet cake? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Sheath Cake vs. Sheet Cake”...
scoot n.— «The north Arlington resident commutes several days per week to his job as a Coppell police officer on a two-stroke scooter.…By car, Wheeler’s 42-mile round-trip commute costs about $6 a day—but on the “scoot,” as he calls it, the tab is...
data smog n.— «She said most of her peers don’t know where to turn on the Internet besides free search engines. “It’s complicated,” she said. The Association of College and Research Librarians refers to it as “data smog.” Students deal with an...
