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Word Mall: a podcast about the English language.
by Michael J Sheehan at [email protected]
Buy the digital version of More Words to the Wise. This e-book can be read not only on an Amazon-branded Kindle device, but is available on every tablet, phone and computer via the Kindle app.Blog: verbmall.blogspot.comBuy the digital verison of the third edition of the Word Parts Dictionary. This e-book can be read not only on an Amazon-branded Kindle device, but is available on every tablet, phone and computer via the Kindle app.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/word-parts-dictionary/?s
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Language Myths 8: The Whole Nine Yards
The Holy Grail of phrase origins -- everyone has a favorite explanation in the search
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LANGUAGE MYTHS 7: Son of a Gun, Spud, Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater, Tip, Turn the Tables, Wallop
Part of a series about false explanations for proverbial words and phrase.
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Language Myths # 6: Saved by the bell, Shit, Sincere, Skins, Sleep tight, Snob
Again, more phony tales about the origin of popular words and phrase, with corrections.
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Language Myths 5: Not Enough Room to Swing a Dead Cat, Not Playing with a Full Deck, Not Worth a Tinker's Damn, Posh, Rule of Thumb
Even more phony explanations of how words and phrases originated.
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Language Myths #4: Keep your nose to the grindstone, Let the cat out of the bag, Losing face, Mind your own beeswax, News
More of the many language myths found on the internet about the origin of popular words and phrases
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Language Myths #3 -- The Devil to Pay, Frog in One's Throat, Golf, Gossip, Hunky Dory
More phony stories found on the internet concerning the origin of familiar words and phrases
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Language Myths #2: Cold Enough to Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey, Giving the Cold Shoulder, Cop, Costing an Arm and a Leg, Crack a Smile
More phony stories about the origins of words and phrases
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Language Myths #1: Above Board, amazon, Bigwig, Chairman, Chew the Fat
Several phony stories about word and phrase origins
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DOUBT and REDOUBT
Is there a connection between doubt, redoubt, and redoubtable?
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Words to the Wise final episode April 7, 2026
This the final episode of the "Words to the Wise" radio show with Ron Jolly on WTCM-AM 580 that ran on Apri 7, 2026, at the end of a 25-year run.
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Words to the Wise radio show--Pun show 2026
This the penultimate episode of the "Words to the Wise" radio show on WTCM-AM 580 that ran on March 31, 2026, at the end of a 25-year run.
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ACRONYMS and INITIALISMS: the long and the short of it
Words formed from first letters of existing words
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Silent Letters: I see you, but I can't hear you
For historical reasons, many words contain letters that are no longer pronounced. They are as useful as a cat with three tails, but we are stuck with them.
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PORT and STARBOARD
Sailors don't use the words right and left for a good reason.
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Hidden Farts: Silent But Deadly
While the word fart is a word all by itself, it hides in other words.
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Word Parts
Word parts, letter combinations that always stay the same, can greatly improve your vocabulary.
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Context: Pay Attention to Your Surroundings
The words and ideas that surround an unknown word can help you figure out what that word means. But you have to know how to find the clues.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Buy the digital version of More Words to the Wise. This e-book can be read not only on an Amazon-branded Kindle device, but is available on every tablet, phone and computer via the Kindle app.Blog: verbmall.blogspot.comBuy the digital verison of the third edition of the Word Parts Dictionary. This e-book can be read not only on an Amazon-branded Kindle device, but is available on every tablet, phone and computer via the Kindle app.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/word-parts-dictionary/?s
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Michael J Sheehan at [email protected]
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