my misadventures: October 23

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Sunday, October 23, 2016

1455-Afterhand by A Way with Words

We talk about something occurring beforehand, so why don’t we talk about something happening afterhand? Actually, afterhand goes all the way back to 15th-century English, even though it’s not that commonly used today. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2f6EARP

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1455-Bluebird-Weather by A Way with Words

In Maryland and Virginia, bluebird weather is a brief period of warm weather in autumn. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2eBg5cZ

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1455-Caller-Adam-Looking-Atcha-Eggs by A Way with Words

Sunny side up eggs sometime go by the name looking at you eggs, an apparent reference to how the yolk in the middle of the egg white makes them resemble eyes. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2dNewt1

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1455-Caller-Fan-Marbles-On-Coattails by A Way with Words

A listener in Honolulu, Hawaii, wonders about an expression used by her husband’s grandmother, who was from Eastern Kentucky: He left so fast, that you could have played marbles on his coattails. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2e1JxXX

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1455-Caller-Ben-Say-Vs-Says by A Way with Words

A caller from New York City wonders about his grandmother’s use of the word says rather than said when she’s telling a story about something that happened in the past. It’s a form of the historical present tense that helps describe recounted or reported speech. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2dB8loz

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1455-Caller-Jack-Harp by A Way with Words

Does the expression to harp on something, as in “to nag,” have anything to do with the stringed instrument one plays by plucking? Yes. As early as the 16th century to harp all of one string meant to keep playing the same single note monotonously. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2eHUkX3

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1455-Caller-Helen-Amount-Vs-Number by A Way with Words

An attorney in El Centro, California, is bothered by the phrase a large amount of people, because the word amount is usually applied to mass nouns, not count nouns. There are exceptions, however. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2eXvvvx

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1455-Caller-James-Counting-Mississippi by A Way with Words

A Seattle, Washington, listener wants to know why, when marking time, we say One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, as opposed to other states or rivers. In the United Kingdom, they’re more likely to say hippopotamus. Some people count instead with the word banana, or Nevada, or one thousand one. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2dN8jNW

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1455-Caller-John-Cat’s-Mother by A Way with Words

A New Hampshire listener recalls that as a boy, when he talked friends within earshot of his mother and said referred to her as She, his mother would pipe up with She, being the cat’s mother. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2e1H3sI

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1455-Chandelier-Pain by A Way with Words

In a powerful essay on white privilege, Good Black News editor Lori Lakin Hutcherson includes the term chandelier pain to describe how painful accumulated slights can be. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2dB3CDj

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Dish Networks adds YouTube to its DVR lineup

A software update for Dish Network’s Hopper 3 DVR adds YouTube as a channel, enabling users to access the free and premium videos from their set top box without having to switch inputs Genre Technology via Pocket http://ift.tt/2dzp6VX

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Friday, October 23, 2015

RED ‘LIPS LIKE TENTH: WE ARE THE PLAGUE WE ARE THE ANTIVIRUS’ – October 22, 2015 by Ground Zero Media

A creepy viral video has inundated the internet with a frenzy of investigators attempting to break the deeply-embedded codes. There appears to be a trend of such videos and games that have very mysterious and esoteric undertones, begging to be deciphered. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1LQPdAV

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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Flu mutation

Scientists have discovered a mutation in one strain of the influenza virus that makes it hard for a surprising segment of the population to fight off the flu. KIRO Radio’s Tim Haeck reports. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1wgzdS3

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‘Knocking On The Devil’s Door’ – w/ Bob Cranmer – October 22, 2014

Tonight, Clyde speaks with former Allegheny County Commissioner Bob Cranmer, author of The Demon of Brownsville Road, a true story of demonic infestation, in ‘KNOCKING ON THE DEVIL’S DOOR‘! http://ift.tt/1FHnAqd http://ift.tt/1r3o8S8. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1DDtczG

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