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Folding Money - 22 May 2023

2023/5/22
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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they discussed many of the same issues covered in this Pulitzer-winning novel. Plus, how could the Carp River in Michigan have that name long before carp existed in the area? The answer is in the history of immigration. And a high-schooler asks how throwing someone under the bus became a synonym for betrayal. Also: willipus-wallipuslapslockFortune favors the audaciousdel año del caldononce words, a brain teaser with rhyming answers, a punning joke about Switzerland, clinkjingjinglers, and janglersdrop a dime, and You shred it, wheat!

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