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A Way with Words is celebrating its fifth anniversary as an independent program! Thanks to your donations, the show is now heard across North America and around the world by more than a quarter-million listeners each week. When we took over the show...
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The phrase “Oh, my goodness!” may be a dated way to express surprise or disbelief. A listener asks for a contemporary replacement. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Oh, My Goodness!” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hello, this is...
The first of two podcasts this week includes a special message to A Way with Words podcast listeners. Also, Martha answers a listener’s email about the term sea change. Or is it C change?
Lots of things happening in Language Land these days! First, we were amused by the New York Times’ blog post titled, “Iceland Volcano Spews Consonants and Vowels.” We’ll say! Speaking of the word “blog,” Grant is conducting an online survey about...
