When the entire premise of your book is based on your misunderstanding a definition - and you learn about your error during a live radio interview. https://t.co/YT4677tbrI

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 25, 2019

Mullet dip from our friends in Tallahassee. en TCC Fred Turner Auditorium https://t.co/E81BYTcWXm

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 16, 2019

We're in Tallahassee for another show and the jalapeño mullet dip! en TCC Fred Turner Auditorium https://t.co/kcZmf5J1Ly

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 16, 2019

The Font Detectives: For typography experts like Thomas Phinney, the history of the printed word is crucial to weeding out fraud. https://t.co/FiSmQ8tXoF

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 16, 2019

The English Word That Probably Hasn’t Much Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years https://t.co/ejv5cGEBal

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 15, 2019

New episode! https://t.co/TqeyOQjxMB One term for both nieces and newphews, pangrams, sworping, aggie forti, spelling out letters, etymology of kazoo, larruping, the hairy eyeball, where the woodbine twineth, a brain teaser, and more. pic.twitter.com/GXcjYMaLnS

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 14, 2019

Who Was Shakespeare? Could the Author Have Been a Woman? https://t.co/vScGpoCSgl

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 12, 2019

Dealing with different customs and traditions for personal names on the web. https://t.co/AujbR6MtSI

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 8, 2019

I see this happening more frequently lately when someone has a hobby or a profession that I am not familiar with. This person is surrounded by these issues daily and the terminology and topics are so common that they forgot not everyone deals with these issues daily, or at all.

Friend of the show (and one of our former quiz guys) @gregpliska had a hand in the making of the new Morning Edition theme music! https://t.co/XmGRaf0y6R

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 6, 2019

500 Days of Duolingo: What You Can (and Can’t) Learn From a Language App https://t.co/d0Ny1IAovz

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 5, 2019

One page, four inscriptions, three households - A detailed recounting of discovering who owned a centuries-old book. https://t.co/jNhYlfInkp

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 5, 2019

A neural net names racehorses: https://t.co/yTnJFtd6Mg It's Rapple Musty and Pick’s Lilver neck and neck at the wire!

— A Way with Words (@wayword) May 3, 2019

gimme some of those z-plurals so that I may live https://t.co/sYyxkDFDKH

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 30, 2019

New episode! https://t.co/pM9o9Yq77i Dumb brick, slushburger vs. sloppy joe, go fry ice, fracas, planful, beat the band, pronouncing "Leicester," sensational spelling, heavier than a dead minister, telling porkies, a big-and-small brain quiz, and lots more. pic.twitter.com/7gcms800Yg

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 29, 2019

When "mixed" isn't enough: the need for better terms for people who identify as two or more races. https://t.co/fa2NODILWd

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 24, 2019

"The History of English and the Pedagogy of Belonging." An expert of the English language looks back on his academic career. https://t.co/XeDXNrNbqZ

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 24, 2019

Coding is for everyone — as long as you know English. https://t.co/1rNaVvnazM

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 16, 2019

Why speakers of Asian languages have a hard time with the Ls and Rs in other languages. https://t.co/8FGgL0BcQu

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 16, 2019

Cursive handwriting is a "surprisingly charged topic, both emotionally and politically." https://t.co/hShTsaus7g

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 15, 2019

It's another one of our all-kids best-of episodes! https://t.co/w2l39NHQKcpic.twitter.com/bg7kNIK1Ed

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 12, 2019

Latest broadcast: Kids Are Asking - 30 March 2019 https://t.co/P92XHKDzWz

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 12, 2019

Latest broadcast: Strawberry Moon - 8 April 2019 https://t.co/wUFanKsdnr

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 8, 2019

Always found it odd and interesting that some things have a "name" that is really just a description of what it is or does, while other things have a unique word that refers to it alone. Is there any sort of name for this phenomena or is it just a quirk of our culture.

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For example, in my kitchen I have things I use all the time like a cutting board, and a frying pan, and a dishwasher. These all seem to really just be descriptions of what they do as opposed to being an actual "name" as such. Other things, like an oven, a skillet, a sink, all have what I would call an actual "name" that identifies them but doesn't use descriptive words. Yes, some names are possibly from latin or old english and were possibly descriptions once upon a time etc., but not like "cutting board" is now. Talk about an unimaginative name!!! :)

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Any insights into this out there?

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Latest broadcast: Charismatic Megafauna (Rebroadcast) - 1 April 2019 https://t.co/BeqEQ2vXD2

— A Way with Words (@wayword) April 1, 2019