Sunday was a lot of fun. An episode of a fun language program aired where I had called in and the hosts Martha and Grant had answered my question. The show is called A Way With Words and the hosts tackle nuances of the English language as they try their best to explain possible reasons behind the weird things we hear each other say. My question was about how I've noticed that people give directions in vastly different ways in different regions of our country when I'm running across states. I wondered what led to that and these two did a great job helping to explain why it happens.
To hear the segment, click on the link below, then select the last segment and my call starts about 3 minutes in. The segment is titled AWWW 06. Enjoy!
http://www.prx.org/pieces/107016-not-quite-a-boyfriend-1384#description
To hear the segment, click on the link below, then select the last segment and my call starts about 3 minutes in. The segment is titled AWWW 06. Enjoy!
http://www.prx.org/pieces/107016-not-quite-a-boyfriend-1384#description
Brian,
ReplyDeleteI am thoroughly impressed with your feats and look forward to seeing you complete your journey. I did want to ask, if you had any interest in rerunning some states. I noticed you used the Appalachian Trail to traverse a vast majority of the East coast and I wonder what sights and sounds you may have missed traveling in this way.
I'm a North Carolinian and the future Mountains-to-Sea Trail would be a marvelous way to see our state - http://www.ncparks.gov/About/trails_mst.php.
I'm very excited to watch you complete your journey and I wish you the very best. You are doing something I could never do.
Best of luck.