Sat, 24 December 2005 Dave Shepherd introduces a look back over the previous 41 editions of The Word Nerds, on behalf of Howard Shepherd and Howard Chang. (3:27) Greeting from Annik Rubens of Schlaflos in München (7:10) Song: 'Why,' by The Day Traders (7:31) Greeting from Sébastien of French Podclass (11:26) Clips from the past year:
Song: 'Friday Night,' by Amy Dalley (21:05) Greeting from Jason of Perth, Australia (24:52) Rude Words of the Week:
Song: 'Talk, Talk, Talk,' by Cheryl B. Engelhardt (29:10) Greeting and etymology of 'accent' from Charles Hodgson of podictionary (31:31) More clips from the past:
Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 41:53 rating: PG-13 (some of our most interesting rude words, plus sexual references in our clip from the Euphemisms show) |
Sat, 17 December 2005 Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd define insidious idioms--quirky forms of expression that don't seem quirky to native speakers. (2:33) Song: 'Figure It Out,' by Cara Aley (7:00) Embedded metaphor versus insidious idiom (10:02) Music bumper from 'Like Shine' by Likeshine. (18:18) Rude word of the week: 'piss off' (18:46) Song: 'So Long, Goodby,' by The Jimi Ruccolo Band (23:12) Cross cultural confusions and insidious idioms (26:25) Annik Rubens chats with Dave about cross-cultural confusion in Germany (26:37) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 32:27 rating: PG (We chose a less rude Rude Word than we original considered, but it's still rather rude. We also make a brief, non-explicit sexual reference.) |
Sat, 10 December 2005 Howard Chang and Dave Shepherd explore the etymology of words used to talk about curiosity. (Thanks to Paul Lawler for this topic suggestion.) (1:54)
More about the dark side of curiosity (10:30)
Rude word of the week: 'MYOB (mind your own business)' (17:06) Song: 'Why,' by The Day Traders (19:12) Curiosity as a good thing (the quality that teachers like students to have) (23:07) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat
time: 29:25 rating: PG (discussion of Jeffrey Eugenides' fascinating novel Middlesex, about a hermaphrodite) |
Sat, 3 December 2005 Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd tip their hats to the great, famous, and influential word nerds in the modern history of the English language. (1:49) Song: 'Talk, Talk, Talk,' by Cheryl B. Engelhardt (16:17 ) Our friend Jason from Perth, Australia sends greetings. (18:37) Rude word of the week: 'old fart' (18:46) Song: 'Mark My Words,' by Granian (22:32) Word nerds in the mass media (up to, and including podcasting) (25:44) Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network Theme music by Kick the Cat, courtesy of GarageBand.com
time: 33:50 rating: PG (We mention a recent rude Rude Word and explicate the details of this week's Rude Word.) |
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