Have trouble remembering the difference between stalagtites and stalagmites? Martha shares a mnemonic that will help. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Stalagtites vs. Stalagmites” Grant, a while back on the show, we were talking...
Martha shares a couple of Tom Swifties, those funny sentences that make great punny use of adverbs, like “‘My bicycle wheel is damaged,’ Tom said outspokenly.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Bicycle Tom Swifty” A little later in...
Martha shares the famous passage from the poem by Catullus that begins, “Give me a thousand kisses…“ Grant reads an excerpt from the 1883 volume, The Love Poems of Louis Barnaval by Charles de Kay. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
Mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah… MmmmmWAH! Martha shares the German verb that means to plant one last kiss in a series of them. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “One Last Kiss” So, Grant, I’m reading this book from 1898 called...
A shivaree, also spelled charivari, is a raucous, good-natured hazing for newlyweds. A discussion here about that word prompted lots of listeners to write in with their own stories about shivarees. Martha shares some of them. This is part of a...
One place where spelling really counts: on a job application. Martha shares some painfully funny proof. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Job Application Spelling Errors” If you think spelling doesn’t matter, think again. A recent...