We Cook Off Our Potatoes (minicast) - 13 Oct. 2009
If a restaurant menu states, 'We cook off our potatoes,' what in the heck does that mean?
A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over · Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
If a restaurant menu states, 'We cook off our potatoes,' what in the heck does that mean? A truck driver who encountered such an announcement at a roadside cafe is still puzzling over what it means to 'cook off' a tuber. He phones in to hash it out.
--
Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:
Email: [email protected]
Phone:
United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673
London +44 20 7193 2113
Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771
Site: http://waywordradio.org.
Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/
Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/
Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/
Skype: skype://waywordradio
Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices