Clever Clogs (Rebroadcast) - 3 June 2024

Clever Clogs (Rebroadcast) - 3 June 2024

Update: 2024-06-031
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Ribbon fallGallery forest. You won’t find terms like these in most dictionaries, but they and hundreds like them are discussed by famous writers in the book Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape. The book is an intriguing collection of specialized vocabulary that invites us to look more closely at the natural world — and delight in its language. Also, how and why the Southern drawl developed. Plus, the phrase It’s a thing. This expression may seem new, but It’s a thing has been a thing for quite a long time. How long? Even Jane Austen used it! And: hourglass valleythee vs. thoubitchin’, a word game inspired by Noah Webster, Willie off the pickle boatwho did it and ranPowder River! Let ‘er buck!, and shedloads more.

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Clever Clogs (Rebroadcast) - 3 June 2024

Clever Clogs (Rebroadcast) - 3 June 2024

Hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.