Words and Phrases That Tick Us Off! Barbara Shepherd and Dave Shepherd are grouchy at the end of a tough work week. They explore words and phrases that tick them off.
Thanks to Warren G., John P., Andreas B., Elin P. David W., Mary T., and Nancy E.-W. for donations through the PayPal button. Thanks also to Paul L., that Hawaiian word curmudgeon, for an email that inspired this show. (2:16)
Overused words of 2008; words that have lost their meaning from overuse; the most used words in English. Check out britannica.com. (6:19)
Music bumper from “Ockham’s Shaving Kit” by George Hrab (18:53)
Redundancies (20:55)
Song: “Misunderstood” by Carolyn Wonderland (24:07)
Rude Word of the Week: “hack” (27:33)
Music bumper from “Tell Me a Bedtime Story” by the Jay Lawrence Trio. (31:16)
Words and phrases that are commonly misused. (They bug us because we get them wrong! (32:06)
Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network and the Ioda Promonet
Theme music by Kick the Cat
Closing theme from “Grapes” by Evan Stone
time: 39:16
size: 36 Mb
rating: PG (Passing reference to prostitution in our Rude Word segment.)
Carolyn Wonderland
“Misunderstood” (mp3)
from “Miss Understood”
(Bismeaux Records)
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Jay Lawrence Trio
“Tell Me a Bedtime Story” (mp3)
from “Thermal Strut”
(OA2 Records)
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