&lt;p&gt;[This episode first aird March 13, 2010.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it comes to joining Facebook affinity groups, grammar lovers have lots of choices. Take, for example, the group whose motto is Punctuation saves lives. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lets-eat-Grandma-or-Lets-eat-Grandma-Punctuation-saves-lives/276265851258 It&#039;s called&amp;nbsp; Let&#039;s Eat Grandma!&#039;&quot; or &quot;Let&#039;s eat, Grandma! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lets-eat-Grandma-or-Lets-eat-Grandma-Punctuation-saves-lives/276265851258 Martha and Grant talk about their favorite tongue-in-cheek &quot;Facebook groups for grammar lovers.&quot; Also this week: when to use &quot;apostrophes,&quot; whether to distinguish between &quot;bring and take,&quot; and the &quot;difference between a murphy and a wedgie.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha and Grant share some favorite Facebook groups:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ambrose Bierce was the baddest-ass lexicographer who ever lived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=I+judge+you+when+you+use+poor+grammar&amp;amp;init=quick#!/group.php?gid=2209136261&amp;amp;ref=ts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I judge you when you use poor grammar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209553478&amp;amp;ref=search&amp;amp;sid=730080987.3196765532..1 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I judge you when you call acceptable usage &#039;poor grammar.&#039;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=punctuation+saves+lives&amp;amp;init=quick#!/group.php?gid=44033721482&amp;amp;ref=ts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are grammar? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=272109356251&amp;amp;ref=search&amp;amp;sid=730080987.1532898575..1#!/group.php?v=wall&amp;amp;ref=search&amp;amp;gid=272109356251&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People Who Always Have To Spell Their Names For Other People &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=what+are+grammar&amp;amp;init=quick#!/group.php?gid=2221197812&amp;amp;ref=ts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, you can also find &quot;A Way with Words&quot; on Facebook:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.facebook.com/#!/waywordradio?ref=ts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ever notice how you can sing the lyrics of &quot;Amazing Grace&quot; to the theme from &quot;Gilligan&#039;s Island&quot; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WbnDN14tw8 -- or for that matter, to The House of the Rising Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDE4URgxVas? Turns out there are many more examples of this. Is there a word for this musical phenomenon? (Did you know Garrison Keillor can sing &quot;Amazing Grace&quot; to theme song of &quot;The Mickey Mouse Club&quot; http://www.publicradio.org/columns/prairiehome/posthost/2008/05/01/amazing_grace.php.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Connecticut listener says her Generation Y friends make fun of her when she describes something happening in &quot;fits and starts.&quot; Is it that antiquated a phrase? Where does it come from, anyway?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a quiz about famous trios. Try this one: &quot;Steve Martin, Martin Short, and ___________?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If someone gives you &quot;crazy props or mad props,&quot; they&#039;re congratulating you. A Chicago college student wants to know what props means in this context.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What&#039;s the difference between &quot;bring and take&quot;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When someone grabs your underwear from behind and gives it a good, vertical yank, it&#039;s called a &quot;wedgie.&quot; A caller knows that term, but wonders whether and &quot;how a wedgie differs from a murphy or a melvin.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grant quizzes Martha about the meaning of several rhyming verb and noun phrases: &quot;cuff and stuff,&quot; the &quot;cherries and blueberries,&quot; &quot;chew and screw,&quot; &quot;eat it and beat it,&quot; and &quot;flap and zap.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Lawrenceville, Georgia, woman wonders: If chalkboards go the way of the buggy whip, what simile will replace the expression nails on a chalkboard?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grant answers a listener&#039;s email question about the meaning of the musical phrase &quot;chicky-wah-wah.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A caller from Veroqua, Wisconsin, is fascinated by &quot;hoarfrost&quot; and wonders about the origin of its name. Grant explains its relation to the English term hoary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mother of a boy named Hendrix wonders how to punctuate the possessive of his name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should she add an apostrophe or apostrophe with an &quot;s&quot;? Hendrix&#039; or Hendrix&#039;s?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;A Way with Words&quot; is supported by its listeners. Donate today! http://www.waywordradio.org/donate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get your language question answered on the air! 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