1466-Caller-Patrick-The by A Way with Words

A Palm Springs, California, listener was taught that when the word the is followed by a vowel, it should be pronounced with a short e, and otherwise with a schwa sound. However, there’s no basis for such a rule. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2lAOhLa

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1466-Caller-Tom-Bless-Your-Heart by A Way with Words

The multipurpose phrase Bless your heart is heard often in the Southern United States. Although it sounds polite and solicitous, it often has a cutting edge to it. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2kOvcAN

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1466-Caller-Sharon-Loose-Lips-Sink-Ships by A Way with Words

The phrase loose lips sink ships is a warning to be careful about what you say publicly. It stems from propaganda posters from World War II that proclaimed Loose Lips Sink Might Sink Ships, meaning that anything you say could be overheard by an enemy, with literally catastrophic results. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2lAXz9R

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1466-Champing by A Way with Words

The Churches Conservation Trust helps maintain and repurpose more than 300 churches in Britain that are no longer used for worship. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2lbIqLr

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1466-Caller-Tom-Irish-Pennant by A Way with Words

An ex-Marine reports that his commanding officer used to castigate his men for any stray threads hanging from their uniforms, calling those loose threads Irish pennants. That term is an ethnophaulism, or ethnic slur. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2md1ZAE

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1466-Horse-Terms by A Way with Words

The noun bangs, meaning “hair cut straight across the forehead,” may derive from the idea of the word bang meaning “abruptly,” as in a bangtail horse whose tail is trimmed straight across. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2lbuoZY

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1466-Five-Minutes-To-Eleven by A Way with Words

If two people are like five minutes of eleven, they’re close friends. The phrase reflects the idea of the position of a clock’s hands at that time. http://waywordradio.org via Pocket http://ift.tt/2lbtBse

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