What’s the linguistic connection between pretend and pretension or pretentious? They all go back the Latin praetendere, meaning to put something forward. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Pretend/Pretentious Relationship” Hello...
An Indianapolis caller wonders if there’s any difference in meaning between the words scared and afraid. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Scared vs. Afraid” Hi there, you have A Way with Words. Hello, this is Brian Traub from...
Add this to your list of paraprosdokians: Two guys walked into a bar. The third one ducked. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A Paraprosdokian” From time to time on the show, we talk about paraphrostokians. You know, those are those...
“I’ll be there at three-ish.” “That shirt is bluish.” “It wasn’t a house— but it was house-ish.” OK, but what in the world does ish mean, exactly? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Defining -Ish” Hello, you have A Way with Words...