Last week we kicked off a contest with the PBS radio show, A Way With Words. Today, co-host Grant Barrett, posted a link to the thread of show’s discussion forum with some of the tag line suggestions.
The contest ends on the 17th, which means you still have time to play…
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This morning, among other things, I said “… A Way With Words, billed with the rather horrid tag line of “public radio’s lively language show.” Little did I know how quickly Grant Barrett, co-host of the show, would respond. In truth, I didn’t expect him to respond at all. Here’s what he said:
I agree that the A Way with Words tag line leaves something to be desired. I came up with it in a split second when I was setting up our new site in a single day. I simply haven’t given it another thought until now.
We’d be happy to …read more

The other day I was listening to A Way With Words, billed with the rather horrid tag line of “public radio’s lively language show.”
I think it was Grant who mentioned “cut and paste” and I found myself wondering if anyone under the age of what, 30 or so, maybe 20 or 15 even knows what paste is. I mean real paste, like the goo we made by mixing flour and water, or library paste… you know, the way we stuck pieces of paper together.
Paste had its application in editing. Because we used typewriters, (you do know what typewriters are …read more