&lt;p&gt;This episode has not previously aired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SUMMARY:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shadowdabbled. Moon-blanched. Augusttremulous. William Faulkner often used odd adjectives like these. But why? Grant and Martha discuss the poetic effects of compressed language. Also, African-American proverbs, classic children&#039;s books, pore vs. pour, and the double meaning of the word sanction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FULL DETAILS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amid the stacks of new titles at the library, Grant picks out The Wind in the Willows to read with his son. The hosts discuss the appeal of classic children&#039;s books. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A bi-coastal listener wonders about the terms West Coast and Eastern Seaboard. Why don&#039;t we say Californians live on the Western Seaboard?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does an avid reader pore or pour over a book?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is always a person greater or lesser than yourself. Grant shares this and other African-American proverbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quiz Guy John Chaneski borrows a classic game from Joseph Shipley called Twin Ends.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The expression that smarts, meaning &quot;that hurts,&quot; dates back over a thousand years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does sanction mean &quot;a penalty&quot; or &quot;an approval&quot;?&amp;nbsp; Well, both. Martha explains the nature of contranyms, also known as Janus words. Here&#039;s an article about them in the periodical Verbatim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.verbatimmag.com/27_2.pdf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listeners share their suggestions for the game What Would You Serve?&amp;nbsp; Hosting a golfer for dinner? Tea and greens should be lovely!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;William Faulkner used adjectives like shadowdabbled, Augusttremulous, and others that can only be described as, well, Faulknerian. Grant and Martha trade theories about why the great writer chose them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The University of Virginia has an online audio archive of Faulkner&#039;s during his tenure as that school&#039;s Writer-in-Residence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://faulkner.lib.virginia.edu/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#039;s a 1956 interview with Faulkner about the art of writing. It ran in The Paris Review.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4954/the-art-of-fiction-no-12-william-faulkner&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a previous episode, we wondered how U-turn might translate in different languages. One listener explains that in Hebrew, drivers make a horseshoe or a hoof-turn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Century Dictionary contains a list of amended spellings from the late 1800s that only creates more of the confusion it set out to alleviate. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Which is correct: We appreciate your asking or We appreciate you&#039;re asking? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new transplant to Dallas wants to assimilate into the Texan way of speaking without offending the locals or forcing any new vocabulary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ever hear a broadcast where the announcer enunciates a little too precisely?&amp;nbsp; Grant and Martha discuss the effect of softening syllables, such as &quot;prolly&quot; for &quot;probably,&quot; and &quot;wanna&quot; for &quot;want to.&quot;&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! Call or write with your questions at any time:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Email: words@waywordradio.org&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phone: &lt;br /&gt;United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673&lt;br /&gt;London +44 20 7193 2113&lt;br /&gt;Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donate&lt;br /&gt;Site: http://waywordradio.org/&lt;br /&gt;Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/&lt;br /&gt;Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/&lt;br /&gt;Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/&lt;br /&gt;Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/&lt;br /&gt;Skype: skype://waywordradio &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copyright 2011, Wayword LLC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;feedflare&quot;&gt;
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