Like a Boiled Owl (Rebroadcast) - 16 December 2024

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🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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What's it like to hike the Pacific Crest Trail all the way from Mexico to Canada? You'll end up with sore muscles and blisters, and great stories to tell. Along the way, you'll also pick up some slang, like NoBo, SoBo, Yo-yo . . . and Hike Naked Day, an annual event that's, well, pretty much what it sounds like. Plus, which came first, the color orange or the name of the pulpy fruit? And if you have a pain in the pinny, what part of your body hurts? Hint: pass the Pepto-Bismol! Also, a brain-busting puzzle, qualtaagh, media naranja, tougher than a boiled owl, zero day, nero day, trail names, how to pronounce caramel, not a Scooby Doo, and a cloud of whale dust. Read full show notes, hear hundreds of free episodes, send your thoughts and questions, and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org/contact. Be a part of the show: call 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; worldwide, call or text/SMS +1 (619) 800-4443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	the end of the script. You're listening to Away with Words to Show About Language and how we use it.
0:33.9	I'm Grant Barrett. And I'm Martha Barnett. Grant of late, I've been immersing myself in the
0:38.9	language of through hikers. Those are those intrepid souls who do things like hike all the way from
0:44.5	Mexico to Canada. And I got some terms for you. For example, Nobo, Sobo, and Yo-Yo. Any idea what those are?
0:53.8	They're kind of Japanese noodles.
0:56.6	Yeah, I could see ordering some of those and standing in...
0:59.0	Oh, I'm just thinking of Soba, I guess.
1:00.5	Right, right. What are they?
1:01.7	Yeah.
1:01.8	So Nobo, Sobo and Yo-Yo.
1:04.9	Yes.
1:05.5	Hiking terms.
1:06.5	Yes. I don't know.
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