Saturday, August 11, 2007
Folk Etymology: Capricious Associations

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Podcast Episode Summary
In this week's pick from the word garden, etymologist John Ciardi explains how "folk word formations" occur in the least-expected ways, and result in some of the most beautiful -- and unfortunate -- nomenclature seen in any language.
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