8: Wait, what did you say? Part II

11/21/21 • 19 min

Today’s episode is the second part of a two-part series on language, looking at phrases we use all the time, but which on closer examination are a bit weird, misleading or funny. Features:

Bears, hares and wondering where – notes on the hilarious linguistic laziness of Kiwi English
Stars, lasers and taxi cabs – the glorious (and mixed) metaphors of workplace language
An examination of idioms and phrases I never quite understood as a kid – and still don’t, really

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Today’s episode is the second part of a two-part series on language, looking at phrases we use all the time, but which on closer examination are a bit weird, misleading or funny. Features:

Bears, hares and wondering where – notes on the hilarious linguistic laziness of Kiwi English
Stars, lasers and taxi cabs – the glorious (and mixed) metaphors of workplace language
An examination of idioms and phrases I never quite understood as a kid – and still don’t, really

Support the show

Previous Episode

7: Wait, what did you say? Part I

Today’s episode is about language and working out what things mean – generally by saying the wrong things first, and then looking back on them to either laugh or cringe. Features:

Blurts and faux pas – when you don’t know what the right thing to say is until you’ve already said the wrong one
Demonstrating how irony works to your secondary school students by living ironically
A rendezvous with a supermarket checkout machine
A starfish and a universal theory of humour
Quaint things your five-year-old daughter says after listening to a lot of Enid Blyton books

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9: Notes from a small house I

Today’s episode is the first in a series called Notes from a small house – chaotic, funny stories from a smallish house chock-full of people and animals. Features: