Origin of Words Podcast and Good Morning Presque Isle Podcast

Francis Churchill, distant relative of the British PM, talks about growing up in Presque Isle and wife Ginny of 60 years remembers how they met. You may contact Francis at 207-764-6414. Contact me at [email protected] for any comments about these podcasts. Please share any of these podcasts. Thanks for listening.

Presque Isle Evangelist Carl Robbins, talks about his ministry, how he got started in the ministry and his life in Presque Isle. You can contact him at [email protected] or call 207-436-9546 about his Heavenly Fudge or his ministry's Feed my Sheep service feeding people in need on December 7, 2019.

Interview with John DiMarino, fine artist from Cape Ann, Massachusetts on his art, the great masters, art advice for young people and their parents, and much more. Comments to [email protected]

Origin of Words Podcast, bilingual (English/Chinese). Located in Beijing, China. We focus on the origin/history of idioms, slang. Now in Presqje Isle, Maine with a new podcast, Good Morning Presque Isle, interviewing ordinary people.

Listen to three brilliant iGEM 2nd year university students in Beijing talk about their synthetic biology project competition to be held in Boston, Massachusetts in November 2018.  Their project combines art and science and is inspired by Oscar Wilde's short story "The Nightingale and the Rose". Their project is called Rose Forest. The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition is a worldwide synthetic biology competition that was initially aimed at undergraduate university students in 2003, but has since expanded to include divisions for high school students, entrepreneurs, and community laboratories, as well as ‘overgraduates’. In 2017, there were 300 teams from over 42 countries. Click here:     Team 2018 website Oscar WildeThe Nightingale and the Rose http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/NigRos.shtml https://genius.com/Oscar-wilde-the-nightingale-and-the-rose-annotated

Ghosting, Freckling, Friend-zoning, Benching, Cuffing, R-bombing check out this website:https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2017/09/23-modern-dating-phrases-you-need-to-add-to-your-vocabulary get the APP and be up to date

By popular demand. The famous Boston accent and special vocabulary returns:  'Everybody says words different,' said Ivy. 'Arkansas folks says 'em different, and Oklahomy folks says 'em different. And we seen a lady from Massachusetts, an' she said 'em different of all. Couldn't hardly make out what she was sayin'!' "-- John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, 1939. Boston Accent: Park the Car at Harvard Yard, Allergy, Answer, Antenna, Bar, Barber, Better, Gloucester, Cellar Boston Vocabulary: Signal, Drinking fountain, Remote control, Wicked, Trash can, Soda, Frappe, Milkshake, Fresh, Tubby, Piggies, Hun, Jimmies, Rotary, Pisser http://www.universalhub.com/glossary/

Brainwashing, China, Chopsticks, Chop suey, Dim Sum, Ginseng, Ketchup, Tea http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/chineseloan.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Chinese_origin You can subscribe to this podcast or download each podcast.Checkout the right side of the web page Thanks for listening!

4 dictionaries choose 4 "Word of the Year" words for 2017 . Feminism (Merriam-Webster), Complicit (Dictionary.Com), Fake News (Collins), Youthquake (Oxford). Listen here why these words were chosen. Download or subscribe and Like if on Facebook. Thanks for listening.

Once in a blue moon, Where there's smoke, there's fire, The fish rots from the head down, Hard as nails, Diamonds are forever. http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-a-blue-moon-2012-8 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/once-in-a-blue-moon-and-other-idioms-that-dont-make-scientific-sense-76485092/ Download or listen online.  Also find us on Sticher Radio. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/lewis-sandler/origin-of-american-idioms-and-slang?refid=stpr Forward this podcast link to a friend as a special holiday gift. Thanks for listening.