Episodes

  • TWTS: Speaking of "bespoke"

    TWTS: Speaking of "bespoke"
    Jul 3 2026
    This is a bespoke segment of That’s What They Say that focuses on “bespoke.”
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    5 mins
  • TWTS: Understanding the depth of "fathom"

    TWTS: Understanding the depth of "fathom"
    Jul 10 2026
    We can count fathoms when we’re measuring things. We can also metaphorically fathom or not fathom things.
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    5 mins
  • TWTS: Up and down your alley... and your street

    TWTS: Up and down your alley... and your street
    Jun 26 2026
    If it’s up your alley, it might also be up your street. And perhaps it’s down rather than up.
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    5 mins
  • TWTS: One rank, two pronunciations

    TWTS: One rank, two pronunciations
    Jun 22 2026
    You say "lieutenant," I say “leftenant” but let’s not call the whole thing off.
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    5 mins
  • TWTS: The wonky journey of "wonky"

    TWTS: The wonky journey of "wonky"
    Jun 12 2026
    There’s more than one way to be wonky, and not all of them are bad.
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    5 mins
  • TWTS: Are we canceling adverbs?

    TWTS: Are we canceling adverbs?
    Jun 5 2026
    Adverbs don’t always get a lot of love, captured powerfully in the writing tip “Abolish the adverbs.”
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    5 mins
  • TWTS: Scrimping, skimping, and the degrees of frugality

    TWTS: Scrimping, skimping, and the degrees of frugality
    May 29 2026
    We scrimp and we save, and we skimp and we still save, which makes one wonder whether scrimping is different from skimping
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    5 mins
  • TWTS: From fishmongers to warmongers - and warmongerers

    TWTS: From fishmongers to warmongers - and warmongerers
    May 22 2026
    Cheesemongers sell cheese, and gossipmongers usually start the gossip or spread it, rather than sell it.
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    5 mins