Something Rhymes with Purple

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Gymnasium Sep 06, 2022

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We’re always impressed with how Gyles manages to hot foot around the country with such speed, what is his fitness regime? So, it is back to the gymnasium this week, fully clothed this time, to discuss the many different forms of exercise from the equipment to the ever-expanding number of classes. Eavesdrop on us and hear how Susie demonstrates her burpee.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Kackle stomached – to have your stomach turned easily

Linnard: to be a slow eater, the last to finish a meal

Norman: to be tyrannical

Gyles' poem this week are:

You Still Don’t Understand by Jane Mcculloch

I tried to tell you in a letter,

Now I’ll tell you in a verse.

When good no one was better,

When bad no one was worse.

Dedicatory Ode by Hilaire Belloc (Verse 10)

From quiet homes and first beginning,

to the undiscovered ends,

there's nothing worth the wear of winning,

but laughter and the love of friends.

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Barocco Aug 30, 2022

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Building on our recent fascination with cathedrals, this week we cast our architectural net a bit wider by taking a look at the other wonderful structures we walk past every day. Eavesdrop on us as we delve beneath the facade and open a window on everything from Bauhaus to Gothic, whilst being a little arch along the way.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Scripturiant: having a strong urge to write.

Patrizate: to imitate one's fathers or forebears.

Catillate: to lick the dishes clean.

Gyles' poem this week was 'The Living Proof' by Roger McGough

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kê-tsiap Aug 23, 2022

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What’s small and red and speaks with a husky voice? A hoarse radish! (groan!) And Purple People, that’s what we have on the table for you today.

We are exploring the condiments box so pull up a chair and get ready for some spicy chat!

We’ll learn how a fishy trade with South East Asia gave us one of our most beloved red accompaniments, before we stop off at Branston Lodge in Burton-upon-Trent to taste one of the most popular pickles around.

Elsewhere, Gyles takes us on a saucy tour of the Houses of Parliament and Susie explains why being 'mustard' is a compliment you should be happy to receive.

We’ll hear from some wonderful Purple People in this week's correspondence and Gyles finds inspiration in the nation's favourite brown sauce for today’s poem.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Äugend and Addend. - In a simple equation, (e.g. 3+4) The first number is the augend and the number that is added to it is the addend.

Amatorculist - Someone who trifles with your emotions and leaves you heartbroken.

Hirquiticke: a horny teenager; "one past fourteene yeeres of age, beginning to bee moved with Venus delight" (Henry Cockeram, An English Dictionary, 1623)

Gyles’ poem was: Mary Wilson - On the Death of Harold Wilson

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Titamatorta Aug 16, 2022

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Susie and Gyles are going hammer and tongs at the English language today as they deconstruct the world of DIY…

Come learn why the vice isn’t as vicious as it may seem, what the saxons and the saw have in common and why the “saw” also “see’s”.

Gyles and Susie, share their despair at their own DIY abilities and although Gaffa tape is Gyles’ solution to all his DIY needs Susie explains why (at least in the DIY world) Gyles will never be ‘The Gaffa’.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Umbethink: To ruminate or ponder

Eilkrankheit: Hurry sickness Sloomy:

Languorous Gyles' poem was 'Where the Mind is without' by Rabindranath Tagore

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Ultracrepidarian Aug 09, 2022

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Put your best foot forward and join us as we march through the sole-ful language of shoes. There’s no loafing around as we find out what links your pumps to ocean liners, the beach snacks that lend their name to winklepickers, and the connection between the boot of your car and the boots on your feet. Plus there’s a rumour going round that Gyles wears socks with his crocs… or is that a load of old cobblers?

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Ultracrepidarian - a presumptuous critic who offers an opinion on matters far outside their sphere of knowledge

Estivate - to retire for the summer

Charente - a sudden burst of productive energy similar to a fit-of-the-clevers

Gyles' poem was Galoshes by Paul Jennings A Somethin’ Else & Sony Music Entertainment production.

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Feles Aug 02, 2022

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Psssss psssss... Over here Purple People! It’s your weekly dose of the English language where Susie and Gyles let the cat out the bag about all those word myths you’ve always wondered about!

And speaking about cats, today’s episode will be all about our feline friends.

Gyles and Susie’s cats have been regular guests on the podcast so today, Susie will uncover the link between cats in bags and pigs in a poke, how an affection for the name ‘Margeret’ gave us our moggy cat and why being greedy led to skinning cats (but not literally thankfully)!

Gyles turns film critic and shares his opinion on the 2019 musical film based on T.S.Eliot’s poems, Cats, and we also get to discuss another classic British film when we explore why we find it difficult to herd cats.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Lack-linen - shirtless

Rakehelly - wild; dissolute; rakehell

Sluggardize - to make lazy

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Cackletub Jul 26, 2022

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Recorded on the hottest day of the year where better to seek some solace than within the cool walls of a cathedral? Take a seat as we take in the nautical origins of the nave, the link between the spire and an arrow, and we learn why you might literally be hanging on the words delivered from the pulpit. Also in the show, we answer some brilliant listener questions and Gyles recounts one of his finest tales about losing his grip in Canterbury Cathedral.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Immoment – of no importance at all.

Guttle – to drink thirstily

Kissing-crust – when one crust touches another in the oven

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Chiaroscuro Jul 19, 2022

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July is the 125th anniversary of The Tate Britain, one of the UK’s most established art galleries, so today on the podcast we are going to be dedicating an episode to Art and specifically, painting .

We’ll discover what the connection is between the painter’s canvas and a cannabis plant, why the painter’s palette is linked to the garden shovel and we explore the painting style of egg tempera albeit with a minor foray into Japanese cuisine.

Susie and Gyles dive into their own art collection sharing stories from Coulter to Churchill and Gyles reveals that there have been numerous occasions where he’s sat ‘warts and all’ for his portrait.

Our correspondence section sees the birth of a new word that Susie and Gyles challenge the Purple People to get behind in a bid for a 2023 OED entry (thank you Hannah Coulter) and Susie shares three delightful or even numptious words with us.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Numptious: Cuddly and delightful.

Peradventure: Perhaps.

Sciapodous: Having huge feet.

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Googly Jul 12, 2022

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We’re stepping up to the crease this week as we test our knowledge of the rich, and sometimes baffling, language of cricket. We discover the agricultural origins behind some of the terms, we find out the difference between the different ducks, and we have to admit to being stumped by some of the lingo along the way.

As always we have a lot of fun, answer some of your brilliant questions, and Gyles signs off with a beautiful and poignant poem.

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Susie’s Trio:

Flabellation: using a fan to cool down

Fletcherize: to slowly chew your food (strictly speaking 30 times)

Nyctalopia: poor vision in low light

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Vespa Jul 05, 2022

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We’re brushing off our entomological skills once again as we revisit the world of creepy crawlies. Find out why ants in your pants is a bad thing but the ant’s pants is quite good. We also swap nostalgic stories of VW Beetles and we find out about a very famous person who still gets butterflies in her stomach when performing. It all creates quite a buzz.

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Susie’s Trio:

Fustilarian – one who pursues worthless objects or aims

Ploiter – to work half-heartedly

Myrmidon – a slavish and ruthless follower of someone else

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