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You're Saying It Wrong

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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.

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200 episodes

  1. A Classic(al) Battle 35:30
  2. Political Rhetoric 35:29
  3. Spooky Differences 31:00
  4. Fall! Autumn! Fall! Autumn! 32:08
  5. Pragmatics! 32:57
  6. Insults 2: Return of the Clunch 29:40
  7. Insults: The Blah-Blahs Are at the Gate 34:41
  8. Sh-sh-sh-shibboleths 36:47
  9. Toponymy! 36:02
  10. Yep, still different 34:06
  11. Red Flags 35:34
  12. Canadian English [ENCORE] 29:00
  13. Back to School! 39:06
  14. Mailbag Day! 32:59
  15. An (ahem) Odyssey Through Ancient Greek 32:43
  16. It's Summertime, and the Etymology is... Questionable [ENCORE] 29:23
  17. Heading Down South 29:23
  18. Technically Speaking 30:21
  19. Getting Your House in Order 30:09
  20. Technical Difficulties 34:00
  21. Congrats, Grads! 31:58
  22. More Unknown Knowns 31:13
  23. Meh, Duh, D'oh, and Other Communicative Grunts 30:11
  24. Common Grammar Controversies 30:10
  25. How Tiny Differences Can Make a Huge... Difference 34:28
  26. A Lowdown Dirty Spelling Quiz (Part 2) 33:38
  27. A Lowdown Dirty Spelling Quiz 29:24
  28. Cymraeg 31:32
  29. Phonotactics! 30:55
  30. What's in a Name? 33:33
  31. [Encore] Where Are the Beeves? 32:22
  32. Euphemisms 30:34
  33. If We Knew You Were Comin' We'd've Baked a Cake 37:07
  34. Register and Power 32:45
  35. Broadening Our Horizons 31:13
  36. Beginnings and Endings 32:23
  37. Banished and Un-Banished Words 32:44
  38. Banish These Words! (Some of them... at least for a little while) 33:04
  39. Valentine's Day, When Our Thoughts Turn to Lufu 38:32
  40. [Re]Bracketing 35:13
  41. Chances Are... You're Spelling It Wrong 34:27
  42. It's a Cold One Out There! 36:06
  43. Either/Or 34:43
  44. Feeling French (and Fancy) 29:26
  45. The 2025 Words of the Year 33:05
  46. Let's See What Sticks 37:43
  47. Anachronyms 31:09
  48. A Plethora of Plurals! (Encore) 30:15
  49. Abbrs. 34:10
  50. Mailbag Day! 32:48