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A rose by any other name is not a rose, part 2
Manage episode 376281265 series 3380346
with Ted Zorn Recorded at Auckland Unitarian Church 27 August 2023
I’ve always had a thing for language. I think I inherited this from my dad. Dad wasn’t highly educated, nor widely read – the only magazines he ever subscribed to were Reader’s Digest and TV Guide, and I never knew him to read a novel — but he loved to play with language.
He often used words that were either made up or some version of a word he’d learned while serving overseas in the military. He would latch on to words and phrases that were new to him.
When he came to New Zealand for the first time, the term flatmate caught his eye – it’s not a term used in the USA — so for his remaining years, he referred to my daughter, his granddaughter, as “my little Kiwi American flatmate”.
In fact, he had nicknames for just about everyone – or at least everyone he liked. They were not all flattering.
For more information see https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-rose-by-any-other-name-is-not-a-rose-part-2/
137 Episoden
Manage episode 376281265 series 3380346
with Ted Zorn Recorded at Auckland Unitarian Church 27 August 2023
I’ve always had a thing for language. I think I inherited this from my dad. Dad wasn’t highly educated, nor widely read – the only magazines he ever subscribed to were Reader’s Digest and TV Guide, and I never knew him to read a novel — but he loved to play with language.
He often used words that were either made up or some version of a word he’d learned while serving overseas in the military. He would latch on to words and phrases that were new to him.
When he came to New Zealand for the first time, the term flatmate caught his eye – it’s not a term used in the USA — so for his remaining years, he referred to my daughter, his granddaughter, as “my little Kiwi American flatmate”.
In fact, he had nicknames for just about everyone – or at least everyone he liked. They were not all flattering.
For more information see https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/a-rose-by-any-other-name-is-not-a-rose-part-2/
137 Episoden
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