Word Nerds in 2005--A Look Back (42)

Dave Shepherd introduces a look back over the previous 41 editions of The Word Nerds, on behalf of Howard Shepherd and Howard Chang. (3:27) Greeting from Annik Rubens of Schlaflos in München (7:10) Song: 'Why,' by The Day Traders (7:31) Greeting from Sébastien of French Podclass (11:26) Clips from the past year: Clichés (11:40) The Power of Names (14:20) Greeting from Paul Nicholls of podcastpaul.com (17:40) Regional Speech and Our Roots (18:06) Greeting from Chad ('Me') & the Bean from podcastrant.com (21:05) Song: 'Friday Night,' by Amy Dalley (21:05) Greeting from Jason of Perth, Australia (24:52) Rude Words of the Week: 'Bitch' from The Secret Sexism of Language (25:09) 'Balls' from Terms of Determination, Terms of Surrender (26:14) 'Crap' from Neologisms, Technology, and Acronyms (27:53) Greeting from Scott Fletcher of Podcheck Review (29:10) Song: 'Talk, Talk, Talk,' by Cheryl B. Engelhardt (29:10) Greeting and etymology of 'accent' from Charles Hodgson of podictionary (31:31) More clips from the past: Nerds in Europe: Traveling and Language (32:10) Filling the Void: the Fear of Silence (34:05) Vocal tic mashup, based on 'Saunter Down Sixth Avenue,' by The Pulsars (35:25) Greeting from Holger of MacManiacs (36:11) Euphemisms (36:28) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com and The Podsafe Music Network Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 41:53 size: 19.2 Mb rating: PG-13 (some of our most interesting rude words, plus sexual references in our clip from the Euphemisms show)