Mike from Green Bay, Wisconsin, says his dad claims to have coined the term radke for a half-finished beer, and that the term is widespread. Is it? More widespread and well-documented terms for such unfinished drinks are wounded soldier and grenade...
Aaron in Green Bay, Wisconsin, grew up hearing his father say someone had more excuses than Carter’s got pills, or more money than Carter’s got pills. The comparison points to Carter’s Little Liver Pills, a heavily advertised patent medicine...
There’s a reason why we have both capital and lowercase letters. As the alphabet went from the Phoenicians to the Greeks to the Romans, letters took on new sounds, and the need to write quickly brought about the introduction of lowercase...
The robin may be the official State Bird of Wisconsin, but a listener from the Badger State shares a limerick about the unofficial state bird: the mosquito. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Mosquito Limerick”...
Should educators continue to teach cursive writing in school? For the sake of learning to read old documents and honing their hand-eye skills, many say “yes.” Most current teaching standards, however, require only keyboard training, not...
What’s the correct adjective to describe something associated with the Democrats? Is it Democrat or Democratic? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Democrat vs. Democratic” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this...
