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Beth
一位获得艾美奖和格蕾西奖的商业分析师和《Jill on Money》播客主持人，专注于个人财务和投资建议。
B
Brian
Python 开发者和播客主持人，专注于测试和软件开发教育。
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Carmen
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Grant Barrett
J
John Chinesky
K
Kathy
L
Louie
M
Martha Burnett
R
Ray
S
Santosh Karshil
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Grant Barrett: 我和 Martha Burnett 一起主持语言节目《A Way With Words》，我们探讨各种语言现象和用法。 Martha Burnett: 我最近担任了拼字比赛的 pronouncer，学到了很多新词，也意识到英语是一种非常贪婪的语言，从各个地方吸收词汇。在拼字比赛的过程中，我也学到了一些关于自己的事情，包括一些教训。 Louie: 我想问你们一个我几年前听我爸爸说过的短语 “bit the farm”，我不知道这个短语的来源和含义。 Carmen: 我想问一下 “等待另一只鞋子掉下来” 这个短语的含义和来源，我的朋友在一段新关系中使用了这个短语。 John Chinesky: 我和大家玩一个字母消除游戏，从一个单词的开头去掉字母 S，得到另一个单词。

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So you think you can spell? Youngsters in modern spelling bees are expected to memorize a wide range of words, from chemical processes to names of rare animals. Also: In many languages, the word for “mother” begins with the letter M — but not in all of them. And where are you from, eh? If you phrase a question that way, it’s pretty clear where you’re from. Plus, saltigrade and tardigrade, bite the dust and buy the farm, Hoofddorp, a family euphemism, pilkunviilaaja, a letter-lopping brain teaser, sacar la garra, and a whole lot more.

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