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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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I haven’t missed an episode the HBO drama “The Newsroom,” and every episode has annoyed me in one way or another. I get ...

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Wilmington resident and Olympic swimmer Andrew Gemmell is getting his chance in the pool. The 21-year-old will swim in the menR ...

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Weekly Entertainment Guide – Riverfront Blues and ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

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For Trenton, art is the center of the comeback

Trenton Makes: I conjure New Jersey’s capital city in its heyday, when it had more than 50 pottery manufacturers and was an industr ...

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Save yourself from a beach lightning strike

On Wednesday, a family of four was rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning on a Wildwood beach. They’re okay, but th ...

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Sideshow Prophets headline First Friday event in Pretzel Park

The Sideshow Prophets will take to Pretzel Park’s main stage in Manayunk tonight for this month’s installment of the neighbor ...

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Manayunk youth soccer team looks beyond Gothia Cup losses, sets sights on 2013 tournament

Last week, Manayunk welcomed home its very own delegation from the international Gothia Cup Youth Soccer Tournament, an annual event in G ...

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Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology keeps kids in the learning mode at inaugural summer camp

The Philadelphia Center for Arts and Technology, located in West Oak Lane, launched its first ever summer camp this year. The camp’ ...

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Northwest Weekender: Food Truck Night and West Side Story showing at Lovett Library

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Five things that happened in New Jersey this week

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Philly Parenting

A concert, art, movies and fireworks top our family friendly weekend picks!

This weekend offers plenty to do for families in the Northwest and beyond.  So set the DVR to tape the olympics and head out to one ...

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