{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Idioms and Culture (63)","description":"Dave Shepherd welcomes back the North Carolina Nerd, Howard Shepherd, who is home from his travels to Denmark. Dave and Howard respond to several voicemails and emails about ePrime and puns. (1:55)\r\n\r\n\r\nHoward shares his memories of his trip with his students to Hobro Gymnasium in Denmark. (8:53)\r\n\r\n\r\nRevisiting our show on Insidious Idioms, we explain our categories of idiomatic distinctions: national, regional, and socio-economic class differences.  (11:36)\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic bumper from by &amp;quot;Make Me Understand&amp;quot; by Matt Thorpe (15:07)\r\n\r\n\r\nInternational textures: expressing the same idea in different languages, and the perils of mistaken translation (15:43)\r\n\r\n\r\nSong: &amp;quot;Fill Me In,&amp;quot; by Hollins Steele (21:42)\r\n\r\n\r\nRude word of the week: &amp;quot;pot to piss in&amp;quot; (25:41)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMusic bumper from  &amp;quot;Dancing Cow&amp;quot; by Liquid Floor (27:25)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVariations of idioms by class and region (28:06)\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\nTheme music by Kick the Cat\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\ntime: 36:45 \r\nsize: 25.3 Mb\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nrating: PG-13 (We discuss some amusing mis-translations of American idioms, some of which have sexual implications in other countries and languages.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTags: language, idiom, culture","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\/1421918\/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\/1421918"}