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The versatile humorist and public radio panelist Roy Blount Jr. turns his mind to lofty stuff: the English language, inside and out. He discusses his recent book Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences: with Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory (2008). With humor and aplomb, Blount. recounts stories of people hes met through his travels and extensive work as a writer. Each left their indelible print on Blount's thoughts on the evolution of words throughout the history of human language.
yes, in Russia pigs go like: "hrew, hrew" (just like the way you pronounce the word CREW, but with the soft H in the beggining, soft as in the verb HIDE)
Marazmov 6 months ago
wish you would have spent more time on the change of sense of 'money'.
getting farther from the physical or work or life.
great stuff!
madhoneydew 1 year ago