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Frozen Rope (Rebroadcast) - 19 August 2019

2019/8/19
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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Where would you find a sports commentator talking about high cheese and ducks on a pond? Here’s a hint: both terms are part of what makes America’s pastime so colorful. • A government official in New Zealand proposes a new, more respectful term for someone with autism. • The roots of that beloved Jamaican export, reggae music. Also, hang a snowmangoat rodeojimson weedwork-brickle vs. work-brittlebanana bag, and okay.

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