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cover of episode Today I Learned (#1578) - 6 September 2021

Today I Learned (#1578) - 6 September 2021

2021/9/6
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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Youngsters want to know: What's the difference between barely and nearly, and what's so clean about a whistle, anyway? Plus, adults recount some misunderstandings from when they were knee-high to a grasshopper. Kids do come up with some surprisingly creative interpretations of words and phrases the rest of us take for granted!

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