{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Age and Language (57)","description":"Since Howard Shepherd and Howard Chang are both travelling the world, Dave Shepherd welcomes a special guest Nerd, Barbara Shepherd (the Love of His Life). (1:57)\r\n\r\nDave and Barbara talk about their favorite new podcast, Washington Travel Cast, produced by their good friends, Julie and Mark. Join Julie and Mark on podcast walking tours of Washington DC and the surrounding area. (2:46)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nDave and Barbara respond to audio feedback from Jenny B. with a mondegreen from childhood. We follow up by quoting a great Word Nerds mondegreen, experienced by Carrie and originally mentioned in a comment thread. (4:00)\r\n\r\n\r\nDave and Barbara, both Baby Boomers, talk about how their generation has shaped language. (6:55)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic bumper from by 'Telepop' by The Jerrys (10:09)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBeing children, grandchildren, and parents: how these relationships color our perception of language (10:44)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSong: '21 Years,' by 77 South (18:11)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRude word of the week: 'square' (21:40)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic bumper from  &amp;quot;Essence&amp;quot; by Evan Stone (25:08)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTrend-watching: Barbara talks about trends that may have an impact on language and culture. (25:31)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTheme music by Kick the Cat\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\ntime: 32:00 \r\nsize: 22 Mb\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nrating: PG (In our Rude Word segment we make passing reference to a marijuana cigarette, but otherwise it's squeaky-clean.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCategories: language, linguistics, barbara\r\n\r\n","author_name":"The Word Nerds Archive","author_url":"http:\/\/thewordnerds.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/1421896\/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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/1421896"}