Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGarden paths, crash blossoms, and other terrible ways of saying things
Sometimes what we say or write can be grammatically correct but still make no sense whatsoever. Come along with us down this winding road...
2 years, 2 months ago
Autumn Mailbag!
Now that we're out of summer, it's finally cooled down enough for us to go outside to check the mailbox! We tackle some listener questions and pet pe…
2 years, 2 months ago
The dictionary's newest words (part 2)
We continue on with our look at the newest words that have been added to dictionaries, and Kathy offers an enormous mea culpa.
2 years, 3 months ago
The dictionary's newest words
Hot off the presses (or whatever the internet is... cyberpresses?), we look at the newest entries into Dictionary.com!
2 years, 3 months ago
Grammar thingies
This week, we look at some of those nitpicky little grammar traps that sometimes trip us up.
2 years, 4 months ago
You're Spelling It Wrong 2023
With the kids headed back to school, Kathy and Ross decided to challenge Fletcher (former two-time district spelling bee runner-up) to a spelling bee!
2 years, 4 months ago
The words of summer
It's hot! Still. And why mess with a good thing? We heat up a little more with a quiz about summer-related words!
2 years, 5 months ago
Around the world in 30 minutes
Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia... England... a lot of places have tough to pronounce names for Americans, and our listeners aren't letting us forget …
2 years, 5 months ago
You're telling me that's English?? (Part 2)
Having been bamboozled by Kathy and Ross in the previous episode, Fletcher resolves to get at one question right this time around. Don't hold your br…
2 years, 5 months ago
You're telling me that's English??
With the words we use in English coming from so many different languages, Kathy and Ross challenge Fletcher to a quiz about word origins. And somehow…
2 years, 6 months ago