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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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27:10

Homonyms, Heterographys & Polysemes... Oh My | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/06/19

Grab some aspirin and try to wrap your head around the sloppy Venn diagram of homonyms, homophones, homographs, heteronyms, heterographs, polysemes... confused yet? So are we...

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32:29

Is Beauty In The Ear Of The Beholder? | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/06/05

Why do some words sound pleasing while others feel ugly? Listen along as Kathy, Ross, and Fletcher try to work out: Is beauty in the ear of the beholder?

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26:19

Do Words Mean How They Sound? | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/05/22

Do you have a smile that gleams and glistens and glows? Does the snot in your snout make you sneeze? Was that a slimy slug that just slithered by? Wait a minute—it seems like there's something going on here...

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25:33

Let's Have Fun With Latin (Said Nobody Ever) | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/05/08

Two weeks ago, we had so much fun with French phrases, we figured, "why not do Latin?" Fletcher has some thoughts about why not to do Latin.

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29:48

French Phrases: Les Dites-Vous Mal? | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/04/24

Is the entire French language Kathy's bête noire? Will Fletcher come up with le mot juste? Or will this whole thing just fill Ross with ennui? La partie commence!

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23:36

Brought To You By The Letter 'Q' | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/04/10

This episode brought to you by the letter "Q." Well, "Qu." Because we don't know any English words that just start with "Q."

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38:43

Shibboleth Names You'd Better Get Right | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/03/27

Artists, philosophers, movers and shakers—you'd better get these names right or you might be found out as a fraud.

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36:03

Words In The News | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/03/13

This week we're looking at words we hear a lot, that may have some pretty hazy definitions, or may have ceased to have any meaning at all — including (appropriately) pandemic, socialist, and fascist. Also, well, Fletcher's not exactly himself this week.

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32:18

Crazy Spellings | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/02/28

Prompted by a listener question, we look at words we have no business pronouncing correctly but that we do anyway. Choir, colonel, phlegm, island... where did these crazy spellings come from, anyway? Also, Ross enlightens us on the joys of, um, "borborygm."

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33:10

The Same, But Different | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/02/16

Do you like to enjoy a soda... or a pop? Do you put on your sneakers... or your tennis shoes? This time out, we talk about how we talk about the same things in different ways. And you'll never guess what they call a milkshake in Rhode Island (no, seriously, you'll never guess it).

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28:40

YSIW: Place Name Showdown! (Part 2)

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/01/31

The thrilling conclusion of our Place Name Showdown — will Fletcher hang on to his early lead and emerge victorious? What kind of devious traps have Kathy and Ross set? And we'll circle all the way back around to Peking duck...and another dish with a name we may need to rethink.

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22:46

YSIW: Place Name Showdown! (Part 1)

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/01/17

Kathy, Ross, and Fletcher face off to see who's tops at pronouncing unusually named cities, countries, and regions from around the world. Who will emerge as the champion pronouncer? Grab a pen and paper and play along to see if you can beat the experts!

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32:17

Much Ado About Shakespeare | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2020/01/03

"Abate the edge of traitors...That would reduce these bloudy daies again."

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34:14

Merry, Gentlemen? Even Dickens Got It Wrong | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2019/12/20

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

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21:06

We're Talking Politics! (Poli-talk?) | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2019/12/06

We're talking politics! (Sort of.) Mayoral, electoral, gubernatorial (where the heck does that one come from?)... and Ross pulls a word from waaaaay out in left field.

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29:11

A Little More German | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2019/11/22

We're back to German this episode, but we've got some serious language wanderlust. We'll start with realpolitik, hop over to doppelganger, try to rank weltschmerz vs. ennui vs. angst, take a whole lot of detours and try to talk our way through some questions we have, and also chat a bit about... spare ribs?

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28:07

I Know A Little German | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2019/11/08

Schadenfreude, weltschmerz, zeitgeist, sturm und drang... whatever it is, German's probably got a word for it.

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26:16

Digging Up Some Fossil Words | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2019/10/25

In this episode of You're Saying It Wrong, we're talking about "fossil words," words that aren't used anymore except in idioms or very specific contexts, like "ado," "dudgeon," and "petard." And we broaden into words that are dying or might be dying in the future.

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19:59

Prefixes Leave Us Plussed | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2019/10/10

Can we be combobulated? Or gruntled? Not Fletcher. He's been disgruntled and discombobulated thinking about this subject for a long time.

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22:38

Did 'They' Say It Wrong? | YSIW

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2019/09/27

Merriam-Webster just added to their definition of the word "they" to indicate it's being used as a non-binary gender pronoun. We happen to think that the singular "they" is excellent. As did Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. In fact, the singular "they" can be traced back to 1375.

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