You're Saying It Wrong
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From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Podcast Network, You're Saying It Wrong is a podcast that explores common mispronunciations and misunderstandings about the English language. Hosted by KMUW's Fletcher Powell, each episode features conversations with Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras, the authors of the book on the subject. The show has won recognition from the Public Media Journalists Association for its interview content. It is distributed to public radio stations through PRX.
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Toponymy! 12.09.2026 36minHydronyms, dromonyms… toponyms! (Place names. We’re talking about place names.) -
Yep, still different 05.09.2026 34minWe gaze again into the ocean of difference between American English and British English.
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Red Flags 29.08.2026 35minSometimes you read something that makes you throw the book against the wall, never to pick it up again.
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Canadian English [ENCORE] 22.08.2026 29minWe've tackled the differences between American and British English, but let's not forget Canadians also have a language of their own.
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Back to School! 15.08.2026 39minKathy and Ross throw Fletcher a devil of a grammar quiz as we all get set for back-to-school season.
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Mailbag Day! 08.08.2026 32minWe answer some of your most burning questions as we take a dip into the ol' mailbag.
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An (ahem) Odyssey Through Ancient Greek 01.08.2026 32minFor no reason whatsoever, we look at some words that come from Homer's famous tale and Ancient Greek more generally.
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It's Summertime, and the Etymology is... Questionable [ENCORE] 25.07.2026 29minWe'll look at the surprising origins of some common summer-related words, phrases, and idioms.
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Heading Down South 18.07.2026 29minWe take a road trip to the U.S. South to look at some place names that have some pretty surprising pronunciations. Bless our hearts (in a good way)!
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Technically Speaking 11.07.2026 30minWe take another shot at figuring out what's good and bad about the technical uses of common words.
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Getting Your House in Order 04.07.2026 30minWe look at the confusing, but surprisingly intuitive, world of adjective and adverb order and how we can know what we're doing without knowing what we're doing.
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Technical Difficulties 27.06.2026 34minThis week, we look at the (sometimes huge) differences between the technical, specialized definitions of words, and what they mean to everybody else.
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Congrats, Grads! 20.06.2026 31minSchool's out, so we're celebrating all the new graduates by looking at the backgrounds of some graduation-related words.
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More Unknown Knowns 13.06.2026 31minWe return to one of our favorite (and sometimes most confusing) topics: rules of English that we know instinctively, but that we have no idea we know.
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Meh, Duh, D'oh, and Other Communicative Grunts 05.06.2026 30minToday we make a lot of noise by exploring nonverbal vocalizations: all those sounds that aren't words, exactly, but that still carry a lot of meaning.
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Common Grammar Controversies 30.05.2026 30minTo split infinitives or to not split them? (Ir)regardless, we'll dive into some everyday language arguments that get people all worked up.
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How Tiny Differences Can Make a Huge... Difference 23.05.2026 34minOh, so you think those two words mean exactly the same thing? Not. Even. Close.
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A Lowdown Dirty Spelling Quiz (Part 2) 16.05.2026 33minKathy and Ross did their darndest to stump Fletcher in last week's spelling quiz, to moderate success. How will things go this week? The thrilling conclusion...
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A Lowdown Dirty Spelling Quiz 09.05.2026 29minKathy and Ross pull out all the stops to try to trick Fletcher with a new spelling quiz. Fletcher does his best to upset them.
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Cymraeg 02.05.2026 31minKathy, Ross, and Fletcher try to tackle the Welsh language, with... questionable results. Look, we're all doing our best here.
