Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle Podcast

Mr Churchill and Wife Ginny

Francis Churchill, distant relative of the British PM, talks about growing up in Presque Isle and wife Ginny of 60 years remembers how they met. You may contact Francis at 207-764-6414.

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Carl Robbins, Evangelist

Presque Isle Evangelist Carl Robbins, talks about his ministry, how he got started in the ministry and his life in Presque Isle.

You can contact him at amazinggrace1863@yahoo.com or call 207-436-9546 about his Heavenly Fudge or his ministry's Feed my Sheep service feeding people in need on December 7, 2019.

John DiMarino, artist

Interview with John DiMarino, fine artist from Cape Ann, Massachusetts on his art, the great masters, art advice for young people and their parents, and much more.

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Steve the Body Builder

Steve Plummer, the body builder, talks about his background, job, health, personal training, and future.

Contact Steve at 207-768-0378 or email aroostookcountyfitness@gmail.com

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iGEM (#128)

Listen to three brilliant iGEM 2nd year university students in Beijing talk about their synthetic biology project competition to be held in Boston, Massachusetts in November 2018.  Their project combines art and science and is inspired by Oscar Wilde's short story "The Nightingale and the Rose". Their project is called Rose Forest.

The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition is a worldwide synthetic biology competition that was initially aimed at undergraduate university students in 2003, but has since expanded to include divisions for high school students, entrepreneurs, and community laboratories, as well as ‘overgraduates’. In 2017, there were 300 teams from over 42 countries.

Click here:     Team 2018 website

Oscar Wilde
The Nightingale and the Rose

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/NigRos.shtml

https://genius.com/Oscar-wilde-the-nightingale-and-the-rose-annotated

Dating Vocabulary (#127)

Ghosting, Freckling, Friend-zoning, Benching, Cuffing, R-bombing

check out this website:https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2017/09/23-modern-dating-phrases-you-need-to-add-to-your-vocabulary

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How Boston people speak (#126)

By popular demand. The famous Boston accent and special vocabulary returns:

 'Everybody says words different,' said Ivy. 'Arkansas folks says 'em different, and Oklahomy folks says 'em different. And we seen a lady from Massachusetts, an' she said 'em different of all. Couldn't hardly make out what she was sayin'!' "
-- John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, 1939.

Boston Accent: Park the Car at Harvard Yard, Allergy, Answer, Antenna, Bar, Barber, Better, Gloucester, Cellar

Boston Vocabulary: Signal, Drinking fountain, Remote control, Wicked, Trash can, Soda, Frappe, Milkshake, Fresh, Tubby, Piggies, Hun, Jimmies, Rotary, Pisser

http://www.universalhub.com/glossary/

English Words of Chinese Origin (#125, repeat 98)

Brainwashing, China, Chopsticks, Chop suey, Dim Sum, Ginseng, Ketchup, Tea

http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chineseloan.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin

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Words of the Year for 2017 (#124)

4 dictionaries choose 4 "Word of the Year" words for 2017 .

Feminism (Merriam-Webster), Complicit (Dictionary.Com), Fake News (Collins), Youthquake (Oxford).

Listen here why these words were chosen.

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Common idioms questioned by science (#123)

Once in a blue moon, Where there's smoke, there's fire, The fish rots from the head down, Hard as nails, Diamonds are forever.

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-a-blue-moon-2012-8

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/once-in-a-blue-moon-and-other-idioms-that-dont-make-scientific-sense-76485092/

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