New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.

New Words from WWII. How Places Like Featherstonehaugh Get Their Names. Uncoming.

WWII was a rich source of new words for the English language. Before the 1940s, you couldn't tell an eager beaver to shut his pie hole while you were being debriefed by the head honcho. And you'll be amazed by the origin of the word "Jeep." And in honor of NaNoWriMo—because you have to name so many things in fiction—we talked about the most common ways places get their names.

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477 GG Scrabble Extravaganza

477 GG Scrabble Extravaganza

Follow along on the website:Scrabble Expert Interviews: http://bit.ly/1MqVrZF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Aug 201516min

476 GG Zero Percent, Prefixes and Suffixes, Malapropisms

476 GG Zero Percent, Prefixes and Suffixes, Malapropisms

Follow along on the website:Zero Percenthttp://bit.ly/1Mnyu8vPrefixes and Suffixeshttp://bit.ly/1ejOkD3Malapropisms:http://bit.ly/1eT5tDUThanks to Audible for supporting our podcast. For a special su...

6 Aug 201514min

281 How Do Words Get in the Dictionary?

281 How Do Words Get in the Dictionary?

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31 Jul 20156min

475 GG How a Comma Can Get You out of a Parking Ticket

475 GG How a Comma Can Get You out of a Parking Ticket

Follow along on the website:Numbers in Parentheses: http://bit.ly/1GGZDfsComma Law: http://bit.ly/1CW2mqjMinions: http://bit.ly/1TSiDB4QDT Block Party: http://apple.co/1gA1pKrSponsor: http://edx.org/g...

23 Jul 201513min

474 GG Flesh Out. Last Names. Hat Trick.

474 GG Flesh Out. Last Names. Hat Trick.

Follow along on the website:Flesh Out or Flush Out? http://j.mp/1TDrE0xLast Names: http://j.mp/1V57cHHHat Trick: http://j.mp/1Mv2j4OHelp the show by taking our short survey: http://podsurvey.com/gramm...

16 Jul 201514min

473 GG How Understanding Toy Story Can Help You Get into College

473 GG How Understanding Toy Story Can Help You Get into College

Follow along on the website: Ban Together or Band Together? http://j.mp/1JTe7xl How Understanding 'Toy Story' Can Help Get You into College. http://j.mp/1S7L4Ik Left Holding the Bag. http://j.mp/1gmXh...

9 Jul 201512min

472 GG Citizen or Resident? Let's and Let Us. Newfangled.

472 GG Citizen or Resident? Let's and Let Us. Newfangled.

Follow along on the website:Citizen or Resident? http://j.mp/1BBaE67Let's and Let Us: http://j.mp/1SL2NaPNewfangled: http://j.mp/1NbEVcJSurvey: http://podsurvey.com/grammarSponsor: http://DiscountFilt...

23 Jun 201514min

471 GG Size versus Sized. When Is It OK to Be Redundant? Mind Your P’s and Q’s.

471 GG Size versus Sized. When Is It OK to Be Redundant? Mind Your P’s and Q’s.

Follow Along on the Website:'King-size' or 'King-sized'?http://bit.ly/1AN2M1xWhen Is It OK to Be Redundant?http://bit.ly/1eRM9rlWhat Does "Mind Your P's and Q's Mean"?http://bit.ly/1AN1qUhGrammar Pop:...

18 Jun 201512min

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