Saturday, August 11, 2007
Dunmow Flitch: Life of Married Bliss
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Podcast Episode Summary
Bacon, or its variants, appears in a number of common British idioms, but none is so important to civil society, apparently, as the "dunmow flitch," according to etymologist and carnivore John Ciardi. He traces the history of this phrase, as well as its implications for his own matrimonial bliss.
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