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You"re Saying It Wrong

From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Podcast Network, You"re Saying It Wrong is a podcast that looks at what we get wrong—and what we sometimes get right—when it comes to this English language. Hosted by KMUW"s Fletcher Powell, each episode features a conversation with the sister and brother who wrote the book on it. Literally. You"re Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse is by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras.On June

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27:23

Autumn Mailbag!

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2023/10/27

Now that we're out of summer, it's finally cooled down enough for us to go outside to check the mailbox! We tackle some listener questions and pet peeves, and we take a look at a bizarre new phrase that's entered the language.

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32:42

The dictionary's newest words (part 2)

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2023/10/13

We continue on with our look at the newest words that have been added to dictionaries, and Kathy offers an enormous mea culpa.

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33:00

The dictionary's newest words

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2023/09/29

Hot off the presses (or whatever the internet is... cyberpresses?), we look at the newest entries into Dictionary.com!

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32:27

Grammar thingies

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2023/09/15

This week, we look at some of those nitpicky little grammar traps that sometimes trip us up.

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29:39

You're Spelling It Wrong 2023

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2023/09/01

With the kids headed back to school, Kathy and Ross decided to challenge Fletcher (former two-time district spelling bee runner-up) to a spelling bee!

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34:29

The words of summer

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2023/08/18

It's hot! Still. And why mess with a good thing? We heat up a little more with a quiz about summer-related words!

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34:02

Around the world in 30 minutes

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2023/08/04

Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia... England... a lot of places have tough to pronounce names for Americans, and our listeners aren't letting us forget it. It's time for a global road trip!

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36:28

You're telling me that's English?? (Part 2)

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2023/07/21

Having been bamboozled by Kathy and Ross in the previous episode, Fletcher resolves to get at one question right this time around. Don't hold your breath, Fletch.

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34:03

You're telling me that's English??

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2023/07/07

With the words we use in English coming from so many different languages, Kathy and Ross challenge Fletcher to a quiz about word origins. And somehow we end up talking about both bazookas and grenades, so things escalate quickly.

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33:58

Let's do a grammar quiz!

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2023/06/22

Kathy and Ross try to stump Fletcher with some tricky grammar questions, including a long, confusing trip through collective nouns.

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42:42

Road trip!

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2023/06/09

This time, we're taking a trip through some of the most commonly mispronounced places in the good ol' USA. Hop in! Things might get a little bumpy...

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29:14

That used to mean what??

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2023/05/26

Hey there, guy, grab a plate of meat and join us as we look at some everyday words that have REALLY changed their meanings over time!

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38:14

We did it by (on?) accident!

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2023/05/12

A listener question forces us to take a hard look at how we use prepositions, including whether we do things "by" accident or "on" accident, and Fletcher asks why we can't just do things "by" purpose.

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39:51

Big words we actually kind of like

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2023/04/28

We've been a little bit cranky lately, so we thought we'd dig up some big-sounding words we're actually fond of. How deliquescent! (wait, that's not right...)

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31:58

The twisted world of bureaucracy

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2023/04/14

Having tried to wrap our heads around the world of academic language, we now take a stab at trying to untangle the meaning of phrases bureaucracies and corporations produce as they try to sound fancy (and avoid legal trouble).

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36:45

In the hells of academia

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2023/03/31

A listener question prompts us to try to translate some nearly impenetrable examples of academic writing.

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28:01

Mailbag day!

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2023/03/17

We head back to the mailbag to answer some listener questions, including one about the origins of "woke," and another about the power of the bossy R.

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34:15

That still doesn't mean what you think it means, part 2

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2023/03/03

We continue to look back at some words from Kathy and Ross' book "That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means", and we start to wonder if words actually have any meaning at all.

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32:44

That still doesn't mean what you think it means

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2023/02/17

We revisit Kathy and Ross' 2018 book That Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means (now out on audiobook!) and some of the words they wrote about that still give them trouble.

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33:25

The Staying Power of Slang

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2023/02/03

A lot of slang words only last a year or two, but others stick around. We take a look at some that have stood the test of time, and it turns out a bunch of them are older than we realize.

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