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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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36:34

Frankenwords

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/11/01

We mark Día de los Muertos with some words about the dead, some of which have been brought back to life, and some that should have remained dead.

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34:23

It's Spooky Season!

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/10/25

We celebrate the season by taking a look at the origins of some Halloween-related words, and we introduce two of the most horrifying words we've ever had on the show. Boo!

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35:33

More Weird Word Origins

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/10/18

We return to one of our favorite topics: the surprising and strange origins of everyday words.

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36:30

Getting a Little Too Fancy

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/10/11

After we talk a bit about some British/American English pronunciation differences, we'll take a look at a few words that listeners think are simply too fancy to be used as often as they are.

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34:03

Pet Peeve-a-Palooza! (Part 2)

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/10/04

We continue sifting through the language complaints that drive our listeners up the wall.

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34:41

Pet Peeve-a-Palooza! (Part 1)

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/09/27

We've been asking, you've delivered! It's time to tackle our pile of listener pet peeves. Get ready to be annoyed! (In a good way.)

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30:17

Calques

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/09/20

We look at word-for-word translations from other languages that become common phrases in English.

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33:08

Getting an F on the SAT

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/09/13

No, this time the F isn't for for Fail, it's for Fun! And Fantastic! And Fabulous! We return to our series looking at the hardest words ever found on the SAT with a dive into the English alphabet's sixth letter.

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2:53

A message from You're Saying It Wrong

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/09/06

Hey everyone, a little bit of bad news this week. We weren’t able to record a new show due to some unforeseen circumstances. But you can always dive back into our podcast feed and catch up on past episodes. We'll be back with a new episode next week.

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32:21

Irish Names Are My Pet Piamh

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/08/30

A listener email prompts us to try to get a handle on Irish spellings and pronunciations. It doesn't go well!

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34:25

An E-Prime Cut of Beef

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/08/23

What happens when you remove an entire verb from the English language? Chaos! Well, not quite. But it used to cause Kathy quite a bit of consternation. Also: we try to nail down the correct spellings of various grunts and murmurs.

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33:07

In the Heighths

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/08/16

We tackle a few listener emails about some unusual pet peeves, including people tacking an extra sound on the end of the word "height," and another wondering why people say they want to "try and" do something.

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31:33

Petty Pet Peeves for Persnickety Pedants

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/08/09

We'll dive into some common mistakes and pet peeves we have regarding the literary world, and then Kathy and Ross challenge Fletcher to another round of "Related... Or NOT??"

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29:25

The Graham Cracker Rule of 'Those Ones'

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/08/02

Pet peeves, grammar groaners, and other language catastrophes are on the agenda this week, as we come up with a rock-solid rule grammatical rule that no one will ever question or disagree with.

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35:16

The Secret of -nym

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/07/26

Homonyms, synonyms, antonyms... we'll look at some "wordly" similarities and differences, and explore the vague space in between.

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29:26

It's Summertime, and the Etymology is... Questionable

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/07/19

We'll look at the surprising origins of some common summer-related words, phrases, and idioms.

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29:25

American History Needs a Little Copy Editing

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/07/12

We'll look at some questionable language decisions the American Founding Fathers made when writing some of the country's most important documents.

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34:56

Suffix Fight!

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/07/05

Collectable or collectible? Why is it a computer and not a computor? Or is it? We look at the confusing and sometimes (seemingly) chaotic world of suffixes.

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29:23

The Debatables

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/06/28

When we disagree about what a word means or how to pronounce it, how do we know who's right and who's wrong? And what if we're both right?

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28:44

Dislocate Your Syntax, Not Your Shoulder

You"re Saying It Wrong ·

2025/06/21

After entertaining a few more listener pet peeves, we jump into a discussion on right and left dislocation in syntax, and then touch on the always entertaining world of nominative determinism (wait till you hear about the guy who invented the toilet!).

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