Cutting Corners

Episode 5 of the New Yankee Wordshop podcast, hosted by Monica and Luiz, titled "Cutting Corners" was published on August 31, 2020 and runs 36 minutes.

August 31, 2020 ·36m · New Yankee Wordshop

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Summary

It's the last gasp of New England summer...we hope. This week: listener questions on pronunciation lead us to discuss the factors in language evolution, and we discover the true origin of the phrase "cutting corners". Just how many Brazilian Portuguese R's are there? Everyday, commonly used Brazilian Portuguese phrases that reference religion, why do Massachusetts-ers pronounce "twenty" so it rhymes with "honey"? And Luiz recalls insulting Monica's husband immediately upon meeting him for the first time. Well done, friend!  The Balderdash word this week is: graupel. Can Luiz sort his way through word origins, or will he be foiled by intuition? Join the extended conversation and see the Balderdash scoreboards on Facebook at our New Yankee Wordshop Podcast group. Wanna submit a question? You can ask us there, OR you can visit our podcast site at Anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop and hit the message button to record YOUR VOICE to be played on a subsequent episode. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.

Episode Description

It's the last gasp of New England summer...we hope.

This week: listener questions on pronunciation lead us to discuss the factors in language evolution, and we discover the true origin of the phrase "cutting corners". Just how many Brazilian Portuguese R's are there? Everyday, commonly used Brazilian Portuguese phrases that reference religion, why do Massachusetts-ers pronounce "twenty" so it rhymes with "honey"? And Luiz recalls insulting Monica's husband immediately upon meeting him for the first time. Well done, friend!

The Balderdash word this week is: graupel. Can Luiz sort his way through word origins, or will he be foiled by intuition?

Join the extended conversation and see the Balderdash scoreboards on Facebook at our New Yankee Wordshop Podcast group.

Wanna submit a question? You can ask us there, OR you can visit our podcast site at Anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop and hit the message button to record YOUR VOICE to be played on a subsequent episode. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.