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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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$3.9 million grant to help N.J. elementary schools teach kids to eat their fruits and vegetables

Children in 155 schools across New Jersey will be learning more about fruits and vegetables in the 2012-13 school year. The ...

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New airline coming to Philadelphia International in the spring

An airline offering ultra-low fares with a la carte pricing options will begin offering service from Philadelphia International Airport i ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

The day CNN went dark at Penn State

Did you hear about the shocking moment last week, when everyone was waiting for the investigative report on the Penn State child abuse co ...

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N.J. man arrested for impersonating a police officer and pulling over motorists with cop car look-alike

Unfortunately, a Gloucester County, N.J., man has given many motorists a reason to think twice when they are being pulled over. Ne ...

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Should the NCAA ban football at Penn State?

The Freeh report places blame for the Penn State child sex abuse scandal squarely on the four most po ...

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Asian water buffalo help restore marsh in Delaware park

Officials at Brandywine Creek State Park, just north of Wilmington, have borrowed two big weapons in the fight against invasive species t ...

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Paterno family rejects Freeh report, promises separate investigation

Joe Paterno’s family on Monday vowed their own investigation of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, rejecting the findings of a special inv ...

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Northwest Philly’s Town Watch Night Out set for August at Gorgas Park

Northwest Philadelphia Town Watch groups and officers from the Philadelphia Police Department’s 5th District will team up on Aug. 7 ...

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Habitat for Humanity ‘hands up’ Priscilla Street home to grateful Germantown family

On any other day, a crowd of kids and older adults spilling off the sidewalk into a Philadelphia street would constitute a run-of-the-mil ...

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West Philly High stars on Frontline documentary

When the “kit car” arrived in boxes a few years ago at West Philly High School, no one co ...

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Christie pick as Romney VP unlikely, according to campaign history

While New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continues to generate national attention as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney, history doesn& ...

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Man recovers stolen car after 42 years

Some good news out of Texas: A man whose 1967 Austin Healey was stolen 42 years ago from his Philadelphia home has recovered the car. ...

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Off-duty police officer intentionally run down after dispute at ex-girlfriend’s Mt. Airy home [Updated]

Police officers in North Philadelphia’s 22nd Police District mourned the loss of one of their own Monday morning when they learned ...

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Major Delaware interchange closes for construction

The ongoing makeover of the Route One / I-95 interchange will require a heavily-used exit to be closed this week. The Delaware Dep ...

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On NewsWorks Tonight: Tariff manoeuvres in Congress, Jersey Shore boors, and the first manned flight to the moon

Can’t read NewsWorks.org all day? Keep up with the region’s news on NewsWorks Tonight, 6 p.m. week days on WHYY-FM. To ...

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