Quiz Master John Chaneski has a game about professions that match their respective verbs. What, for example, does a tutor do? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Professions as Verbs Quiz” You’re listening to A Way...
Classical musicians have their own workplace slang: a clam is a missed note, a football is a whole note, hairpins are crescendo and decrescendo marks, and an axe can be any instrument, not just a guitar. Listener Kyle also offered bisectional for...
What’s the past tense of plead? Is it pleaded or pled? Within the legal profession, pleaded is preferred. But in our common vernacular, we tend to use the less traditional pled. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Past...
Ever know somebody whose name makes you do a double-take, like a family physician named Dr. Hurt? An Albany, N.Y. listener shares a game of more positive aptronyms. For example, what do you name your daughter if you want her to be a lawyer? How...
What do you say if you have guests over and someone in your family has stray food left on the face? In some households, the secret warning is “there’s a gazelle on the lawn.” But why a gazelle? Also, this week: the term for a party...
A Tallahassee listener hates it when realtors pronounce the name of their profession “REAL-a-tor.” Why do they do that? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Realtor Pronunciation” Hello, you have A Way with...