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cover of episode Lead on Macduff (Rebroadcast) - 17 February 2025

Lead on Macduff (Rebroadcast) - 17 February 2025

2025/2/17
logo of podcast A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over
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The hosts discuss the creative and evocative names given to fruits and vegetables in seed catalogs, comparing them to paint chips and even creating poems using these names. They invite listeners to share their thoughts and create their own seed poems.
  • Seed catalog names are creative and evocative.
  • The names are compared to paint chips.
  • Listeners are invited to create their own seed poems.

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For rock climbers, skiers, and other outdoor enthusiasts, the word "send" has a whole new meaning. You might cheer on a fellow snowboarder with "Send it, bro!" -- and being "sendy" is a really great thing. Plus: a nostalgic trip to Willa Cather's' Nebraska home inspires a reading from one of her classic books about life on the American prairie. And what do they call a sudden, heavy rain where you live? A gulley washer? A frog-strangler? Or maybe even a bridge-lifter? All that, and the flowery language of seed catalogs, rank and file, cut me a husk, I am sat down vs. I am sitting down, Lead on, MacDuff! vs. Lay on, MacDuff!, a hematological puzzle, and a popular Spanish-language refrain about an extremely long goodbye.

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