The crossword clue is “bread machine?” The answer has three letters. What is it? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Bread Machine?” You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show about language and how...
Louis in Reno, Nevada, grew up in Montreal, Canada, speaking Québécois French. His father was fond of saying j’aime vacher le matin, puis je prends mon temps, meaning “I like to loaf and take my time in the morning.” Vacher comes...
Piper from Reno, Nevada, wonders why a movie trailer is called a trailer when it comes at the beginning of a film. Isn’t a trailer something that follows something else? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Why Do Movie...
Jerry in Reno grew up hearing older relatives say don’t get your bauber in the dirt or keep your bauber out of the dirt, meaning don’t be discouraged or pout. Related forms, usually dobber and sometimes dauber, appear in slang and dialect...
Sean, who is originally from Ireland, wonders if the term narrowback, which usually refers to second- or third-generation Irish-Americans, is considered a slur against the Irish. He also references an earlier conversation of ours about the term...
Andrea from Reno, Nevada, submits yet another term for traveling by foot: taking the ten-toed mule. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Take the Ten-Toed Mule” Following up on our conversation about different ways to...