You're Saying It Wrong
Hosted by Kathy and Ross · KMUW
4.7from 231 ratings
- 281
- Episodes
- 115
- Transcribed
- 231
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About You're Saying It Wrong
From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Podcast Network, You're Saying It Wrong is a podcast that looks at what we get wrong—and what we sometimes get right—when it comes to this English language. Hosted by KMUW's Fletcher Powell, each episode features a conversation with the sister and brother who wrote the book on it. Literally. You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse is by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras.On June 24, 2022, You’re Saying It Wrong received first place in Division B for Interview Podcasts from the Public Media Journalists Association. The awards recognize the best work in public media journalism from across the country.You're Saying It Wrong is available to public radio stations through PRX.
- Publisher
- KMUW
- Category
- comedy · education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Aug 2018
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
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115 of 281 episodes have a transcript.
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Insults 2: Return of the Clunch
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[…] And geek is a great example. We've got it right there. What did geek mean to you, Fletcher? Well, a geek is somebody who's real nerdy or whatever, but I also know that at least we hear, that geek referred to carnival people who bite heads off chickens and stuff. Right. But what is geek now? If someone goes, oh, I'm just a computer geek, do you take that as a person? Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah, it's somebody, I mean, yeah, it's somebody who knows about all that stuff. Like some... Some large chain has the geek squad, right? Yeah, exactly. And you're not saying, I don't want those geeks around my house. […]
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