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EPISODE · Nov 11, 2020 · 13 MIN

Word foolery with author Grace Tierney!

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Author Grace Tierney has a passion for the histories and origin stories of words she joins Sinéad every month to look into newsworthy words, new words and strange sounding words. This month Grace looked into the history of the word cenotaph, ukulele, the Irish connection to the word Hooligan why Marathon is called a marathon and a fascinating insight into the origins behind the game of Poker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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