Light-hearted conversation with callers from all over about new words, old sayings, slang, family ex
[This episode first aired October 4, 2008.] Proverbs pack great truths into a few well-chosen words
[This episode first aired Sept. 27, 2009.] OMG, text messaging! It's destroying the English languag
[This episode first aired June 6, 2009.] Has the age of email led to an outbreak of exclamation mar
[This episode first aired May 16, 2009.] Pickle, baboon, cupcake, snorkel, pumpkin, Kalamazoo -- le
Does it bug you when people talk about themselves in the third person? A caller finds herself mighti
[This episode first aired May 2, 2009.] In this downbeat economy, some advertisers are reaching for
If a colleague repeatedly mispronounces a word, what's the best way to handle it? Should you correct
The English language has no shortage of words that mean nonsensical talk, including one that's pique
[This episode first aired Apr. 11, 2009.] Why are the names of cars so unimaginative? Grant argues
[This episode originally aired March 28, 2009.] Why is it that what you say to your family and what
An Alabama high-school teacher observes that one of his fellow teachers tends to write words that sh
[This episode first aired March 21, 2009.] Sure, there's 'Grandma' and 'Grampa,' but there's also '
[This episode first aired March 14, 2009.] If English isn't your first language, there are lots of
A caller wonders why some versions of The Lord's Prayer include the phrase 'forgive us our trespasse
What's the deal with using the two-letter postal code abbreviations for states, instead of the longe
[This episode first aired February 23, 2009.] Does your 'handwriting' look like chicken scratches,
Are serial commas always necessary? An English teacher says she was surprised to learn that she and
[This episode first aired February 14, 2009.] Martha and Grant share a couple of favorite online so
How can the word 'friend' possibly describe both the people you went to school with *and* the people
'Great Googly Moogly!' A caller wonders where that exclamation comes from. Here's the Snickers comme
