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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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29:22

These Names Have Snob Appeal

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2024/04/27

We look at some names of famous people that, when you pronounce them correctly, can let people know you're an expert... or a snob.

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29:23

Shakespeare: He made up a lot of words

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2024/04/20

This week, Kathy and Ross quiz Fletcher on a list of words that may or may not have been coined by Shakespeare. You might be surprised by which ones we still use today.

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29:22

British-isms

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2024/04/13

We look at why Americans love to talk like our friends from across the pond— or like to think that's what we're doing.

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29:22

The Good Kind of Stress

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/04/06

Today we're looking at sentence stress and how the meaning of a sentence can completely change depending on which words you emphasize.

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1:36

A message from You're Saying It Wrong

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/03/30

Ouch! Unfortunately, we won't have an episode this week, because even more unfortunately, one of us had an accident and sustained a not-insignificant personal injury. Everything's basically ok, but, you know, it hurts, so we need a week off. Sorry about that, and we'll see you next week!

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29:24

Return of the Confusables

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/03/23

We get back to one of our favorite topics: Words that sound a lot like other words but have totally different meanings.

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29:22

Weird Word Origins

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/03/16

We look at some words that we think are related to other words, but actually aren't. Except sometimes they are.

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29:24

Pretending to be proper

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/03/09

We look at some "rules" of the language that were mostly just made up so people could feel like they were speaking proper English.

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29:23

Sticky, tricky grammar moments

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/03/02

We run through some particularly confusing grammar mistakes and how sometimes we might think we’re saying one thing when we’re really saying another.

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29:20

Psilence!

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/02/24

We run through a few of the many, many English words that contain silent letters and some of the baffling reasons we pronounce those words the way we do.

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29:21

The Latin Craze

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/02/17

We dig into why certain words are spelled ridiculously thanks to a bunch of scholars a few hundred years ago who got a little too nutso about making everything look Latin.

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29:18

Sneaky rules we don't know we follow

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2024/02/10

Some of us like to be rule breakers, but here are a few rules of the English language we can’t help but follow. And we probably don’t even know they exist.

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29:19

Hyperforeignisms and other times we just get too excited

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/02/03

We look at what happens when we approach non-English words with a little too much gusto, and how exactly we should be saying foreign words so that we don’t sound silly (a tall order for some of us!).

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30:02

Doublespeak!

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/01/27

We look at unconscious ways we follow the rules of English by doubling sounds and words, and how meanings of words can change when we say them twice. Now: are you confused? Or are you confused confused?

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1:21

Big News!

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2024/01/19

You’re Saying It Wrong is now more than just a podcast!

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24:22

The Words of 2023

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2024/01/05

This week we rizz you up (did we say that right?) by looking at what dictionaries picked as the words of the year for 2023!

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28:15

Deck the Halls!

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2023/12/22

We look at the origins of some holiday-related words, including a reindeer controversy and a little bird that's surprisingly rude.

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28:26

Stop being so non-positive!

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2023/12/08

This week, we look at the official (?) rules of negativity in English.

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32:15

Escher sentences (and other nice ways of saying nothing)

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2023/11/24

Today we look at phrases that seem at first glance to mean something, but are actually complete nonsense.

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28:12

Garden paths, crash blossoms, and other terrible ways...

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2023/11/10

Sometimes what we say or write can be grammatically correct but still make no sense whatsoever. Come along with us down this winding road...

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