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Bouncy House of Language (Rebroadcast) - 17 November 2014

2014/11/17
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A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Some people proudly embrace the label cancer survivor, while others feel that’s not quite the right word. Is there a better term for someone who’s battled cancer? Writers and listeners share the best sentence they’ve read all day. Plus, koofers and goombahs, Alfred Hitchcock and MacGuffins, why we put food in jars but call it canning, and why ring the door with your elbow means BYOB.

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