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Fifty Words For Snow
Maggie Rowe and Emily Garces
69 episodes
4 days ago
A linguistic expedition into brave new words. Maggie Rowe and Emily John Garcés hunt for words that lack an English equivalent. They like to think of themselves as Dora the Explorers of language, with their rucksacks and hats and notebooks and magnifying glasses, embarking on a cultural adventure, hunting and gathering useful new word specimens from far flung continents, and holding them up to see what new light they shine on old ideas.
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A linguistic expedition into brave new words. Maggie Rowe and Emily John Garcés hunt for words that lack an English equivalent. They like to think of themselves as Dora the Explorers of language, with their rucksacks and hats and notebooks and magnifying glasses, embarking on a cultural adventure, hunting and gathering useful new word specimens from far flung continents, and holding them up to see what new light they shine on old ideas.
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Language Learning
Education,
Society & Culture
Episodes (20/69)
Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 59 Puerto Rican Play: Gufear and Chinchorrear
Maggie and Emily learn the Puerto Rican Spanish words gufear and chinchorrear and speak to Nerys Miller-Baynham about the fictional Welsh saint, Saint Toiletai. Poem by Maggie: One Day.
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4 days ago
24 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 58 The New Year's Episode: German Umwelt
Maggie and Emily learn the German word umvelt from philosopher/Biblical scholar Jared Byas. Poem by Emily: The Umvelt of the Human Animal.
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1 week ago
35 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 57 The Christmas Episode: Portuguese Muvuca
Maggie and Emily learn the Portuguese word muvuca from Kika Mousse and put the term "safe space" on trial with judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Maggie: Muvuca.
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2 weeks ago
30 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 56 French Flair part 2 - Spleen and Yaourter
Maggie and Emily learn the French words spleen and yaourter from Luc Lewitanski and the AI term hopium from C. Brian Smith. Poem by Emily: Spleen.
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3 weeks ago
29 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 55 French Flair: retrouvailles and l'esprit d'escalier
Maggie and Emily learn the French words rretrouvailles and l'esprit d'escalier from Parisian English and French teacher Luc Lewitanski. Then they put the word "banter" on trial. Poem by Maggie: L'esprit d'escalier.
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1 month ago
30 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 54 Portuguese Power: Cafofo and Cafuné
Maggie and Emily learn the Portugese words cafofo and cafuné from Kika Mousse and put the word "self-made" on trial with judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Emily: Cafofo.
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1 month ago
33 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 53 The Thanksgiving Episode: Biophilia
Maggie and Emily learn the word "biophilia" from Globe Aware founder Kimbery Haley-Coleman and discuss two words coined by poet Norm Milstein: hapitat and ebullhumblexuberance. Poem by Maggie: Heavier Things Than Me.
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1 month ago
29 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 52 The Journey of a Word: Tachles
Maggie and Emily learn the word tachles (German/Hebrew/Yiddish) from retired Yeshiva principal and educator Seth Taylor and put the word “utilize” on trial with Judge Matthew Laura Aitken. Poem by Emily: Tachles.
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1 month ago
28 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 51 The Illusion Episode: Chimera (Chimère) and Mrugtrushna
Maggie and Emily learn two words dealing with illusion, the French word chimère from Ralph Levinson and Luc Lewitanski and the Hindi word mrigtrishna from Vikas and Shashi Bandhu. Poem by Maggie: Condemned to Hope
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2 months ago
32 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 50 Words From the Eye: Scotoma
Maggie and Emily learn the word “scotoma” from retired ophthalmologist Ralph Levinson, then put scotoma “in action” with Eric Giancoli. They coin the word chatterflop with Daniel Wiltshire. Poem by Emily: Scotoma.
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2 months ago
32 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 49 Words From Church part two - Reckoning
Maggie and Emily discuss the word "reckoning" with pastor Cedric Lundy and put the word "forgiveness" on trial with judge Matt Laura Aitken. Poem by Maggie: While Washing The Dishes.
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2 months ago
34 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 48 Russian Reflection Part two - Toska (Тоска) and Listopad (Листопад)
Maggie and Emily learn the Russian words Toska (Тоска) and Listopad (Листопад) from Masha Lichtenberg. Word in action: the Hindi word jugaad with natual stone specialist Dan Wiltshire. Poem by Emily: A Cat Called Tosca
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2 months ago
29 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 47 Russian Reflection: Da nyet ( Да нет) and Apparatchik (Аппаратчик)
Maggie and Emily learn the Russian words Da nyet (Да нет) and Apparatchik (Аппаратчик) from Masha Lichtenberg and put the term "can't wait" on trial with judge Matt Laura Aitken. Poem by Maggie: No.
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2 months ago
29 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 46: Teen Slang: Words of the Young
Maggie and Emily learn teen slang from Maggie's nieces, Addie and Ava, and Emily's son Ollie. Words include 6-7, gyatt, touch grass, riz, Stan, big back, Poem by Emily: Poem Number 67.
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3 months ago
30 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 45 Wise Words From Church: Edify
Maggie and Emily discuss the word "edify" with pastor Cedric Lundy and put the word "secular" on trial with judge Eric Giancoli. Poem by Maggie: Looking For God In All The Wrong Places.
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3 months ago
30 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 44 Hindi Horizons part 3: Seva and Atithi
Maggie and Emily learn the Hindi words seva and atithi from Vikas and Shashi Bandhu. "Word in action": seva with Nerys Miller-Baynham. Poem by Emily: seva.
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3 months ago
27 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 43 Hindi Horizons part 2: Nazar
Maggie and Emily learn the Hindi word nazar from Vikas and Shashi Bandhu and put one usage of the word "just" on trial. Poem by Maggie: Nazar.
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3 months ago
32 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 42 Welsh Wisdom: Hiraeth
Maggie and Emily learn the Welsh word hiraeth from Welsh educater Stephen Rule (Dr.Cymraeg.) Poem by Emily: Hiraeth.
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4 months ago
31 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 41 Astrophysics Angles: Dark Matter and Parallax
Maggie and Emily explore the Dutch word ietsisme and the terms “dark matter” and "parallax" with astrophysicist Margot Brouer. They discuss “scalation” with author/speaker Rob Bell. Poem by Maggie: Dark Matter.
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4 months ago
33 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
Ep 40 German Gems part three - Weltschmerz
Maggie and Emily learn the German word weltschmerz from Philipp De Vries. Word in action: Muße with Eric Giancoli. Poem by Emily: Wild.
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4 months ago
31 minutes

Fifty Words For Snow
A linguistic expedition into brave new words. Maggie Rowe and Emily John Garcés hunt for words that lack an English equivalent. They like to think of themselves as Dora the Explorers of language, with their rucksacks and hats and notebooks and magnifying glasses, embarking on a cultural adventure, hunting and gathering useful new word specimens from far flung continents, and holding them up to see what new light they shine on old ideas.