About those North Carolina accents and dialects in "The White Lotus"... languageandlife.org/the-white-lotu…

You hear them Saturdays at noon on SC Public Radio, now you can meet A Way with Words hosts Martha Barnette & Grant Barrett in person as they share behind-the-scenes stories, answer questions, and host a lively discussion about the ways language shapes our lives. bit.ly/41SCauY

Do Californians have an accent? A UCLA professor is mapping it out. latimes.com/california/new… If you're in SoCal, be a part of the language study! norma-mendoza-denton.com/la-speaks

The Sam Spade Case: how writer Dashiell Hammett took on Hollywood and shaped modern copyright law neh.gov/article/how-da…

Fizzy relief headed your way from "A Way with Words": waywordradio.org/fizzy-relief-h…

A Swiss dish food mystery! waywordradio.org/vogelheu/ And lots more in the in the latest new episode: waywordradio.org/real-corker/ #language #etymology #podcast #linguistics

Have you ever wondered why we use certain words and phrases in the South? Hosts Martha and Grant of A Way with Words will join us in person on May 15 for a lively discussion about the ways language shapes our lives. Get your tickets now via the link ➡️ bit.ly/41SCauY

Good stuff! See the most popular episodes and segments of the radio show and podcast during the last 24 hours: waywordradio.org/popular-episod…

First and last words, breard and whicken, giving someone down the road, plurale tantem, more on Murphy's law, starnated fool, a pig Latin word game, a sea painter, and tons more in this brand new episode! waywordradio.org/honor-bright/

Starting tomorrow, "A Way with Words" is on the air in Louisville, Kentucky! lpm.org/news/2025-05-0… Tuesday nights at 8 on 89.3 WFPL, Louisville Public Media.

Eh? What did they say? Let's find out — please help fund audio transcriptions for the entire "A Way with Words" episode back catalog! waywordradio.org/transcripts Thank you!

Been out sworping lately? waywordradio.org/swarping-sworp… Or run the sweeper (a.k.a. the vacuum)? waywordradio.org/sweeping-with-… Well, a new episode has hove into view: waywordradio.org/bean-counting/

With forty-eleven social media outfits vying for your time and mental space, there's always home to come back to: we've relaunched the A Way with Words community forum. Come and get some sugar: waywordradio.org/community/

This one's for the pilkunviilaajat, the comma-polishers. The saltigrade tardigrades. The mothers, the madres, the mères. The other shoe has dropped: waywordradio.org/the-other-shoe/

In mud eels are / In clay none are / In pine tar is / In oak none is. New episode is: waywordradio.org/straight-and-n…

One kind of visiting fireman paints the town red rather than douses it — that and more in our latest new episode. waywordradio.org/eat-my-hat/

How do catchphrases become popular? waywordradio.org/catchphrases-a… And more in this new episode: waywordradio.org/imaginary-frie…

The thousand-year-old love poem — "delight in you is breath together with life" — and more in the latest new episode. waywordradio.org/mox-nix/

Martha lays out the story behind "lorem ipsum" and other fun word origins: writersdigest.com/7-fun-word-ori…

Hi! Martha and Grant will speak at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival presented by the University of San Diego, Saturday, August 23, University of San Diego campus. Come join the Wayword word nerds and book nerds and RSVP at kpbs.org/sdbookfestival @UofSanDiego #KPBSBookFestival