Fair Dinkum (Full Episode) by A Way with Words published on 2023-04-02T19:01:13Z This week on "A Way with Words": A magnificent new book celebrates the richness and diversity of 450 years of written and spoken English in what is now the United States. It's called The People's Tongue, and it's a sumptuous collection of essays, letters, poems, lyrics, and much more, from colonial times to the present. Plus, the story behind the phrase What are the odds? And speaking of odds, what's the chance that you might see an astrobleme? Well, whatever you do, don't look up! Also: cut a chogi, Yeti de freezer, far venire il latte alle ginocchia, a brain teaser about demonyms, Oosh! vs. Brr! evolving names for pets, trim a tree, walk and chew gum, deep yogurt. http://waywordradio.org Genre Learning