Apple Turnover - 17 August 2026

Podcast: A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over · Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.

Opublikowano: 2026-08-17

Critters, co-workers, and clothes: What do you call your favorite mixed-breed dog? There are Heinz 57 mutts and Texas brown dogs in the U.S., while in parts of the Caribbean they’re called potcakes and coconut retrievers. Plus, among firefighters, if you’re not pulling your weight, you’re called a bagger, a term with military origins. And: if your clothes are piled high on the floor and not in the closet, that’s what you call a floordrobe. Also, curbstone sitters, sky-blue pink, a poem about cornbread, the lurgy vs. the crud, turn on the lights vs. turn off the lights, absolute...