1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Barbara Shepherd returns for the second week as a guest Nerd. She and Dave Shepherd respond to an email from Fred Chalfant about Barbara's grandmother's name. (2:52) Dave and Barbara, who are both musicians, talk about the importance of music in their lives. (4:23) Music bumper from &amp;quot;Tonight&amp;quot; by Zach Ashton (9:11) What music does to language: poetry, songs, musical theater, education (9:38) Song: &amp;quot;Singing to Me,&amp;quot; by Robin Stine (14:39) Rude word of the week: &amp;quot;tone deaf&amp;quot; (18:09) Promo for The Sound of Young America (21:23) The special language of music: re-purposed words in English and musical vocabulary in Italian (22:04) Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 31:04 size: 21.3 Mb rating: G (We talk about singing to our children when they were very young. Aw! Isn't that sweet?) Categories: language, linguistics, barbara, music The Word Nerds Archive http://thewordnerds.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1421899/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/1421899