Word Nerds in 2005--A Look Back (42)

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:

• Clichés (11:40)
• The Power of Names (14:20)

Greeting from Paul Nicholls of podcastpaul.com (17:40)

• Regional Speech and Our Roots (18:06)

Greeting from Chad ('Me') & the Bean from podcastrant.com (21:05)

Song: 'Friday Night,' by Amy Dalley (21:05)

Greeting from Jason of Perth, Australia (24:52)

Rude Words of the Week:

• 'Bitch' from The Secret Sexism of Language (25:09)
• 'Balls' from Terms of Determination, Terms of Surrender (26:14)
• 'Crap' from Neologisms, Technology, and Acronyms (27:53)

Greeting from Scott Fletcher of Podcheck Review (29:10)

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:

• Nerds in Europe: Traveling and Language (32:10)
• Filling the Void: the Fear of Silence (34:05)
• Vocal tic mashup, based on 'Saunter Down Sixth Avenue,' by The Pulsars (35:25)

Greeting from Holger of MacManiacs (36:11)

• Euphemisms (36:28)

Music courtesy of GarageBand.com and The Podsafe Music Network

Theme music by Kick the Cat

time: 41:53
size: 19.2 Mb

rating: PG-13 (some of our most interesting rude words, plus sexual references in our clip from the Euphemisms show)