From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Podcast Network, You're Saying It Wrong is a podcast that looks at what we get wrong—and what we sometimes get right—when it comes to this English language. Hosted by KMUW's Fletcher Powell, each episode features a conversation with the sister and brother who wrote the book on it. Literally. You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse is by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras.
On June 24, 2022, You’re Saying It Wrong received first place in Division B for Interview Podcasts from the Public Media Journalists Association. The awards recognize the best work in public media journalism from across the country.
You're Saying It Wrong is available to public radio stations through PRX.
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We've tackled the differences between American and British English, but let's not forget Canadians also have a language of their own. -
Kathy and Ross throw Fletcher a devil of a grammar quiz as we all get set for back-to-school season. -
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For no reason whatsoever, we look at some words that come from Homer's famous tale and Ancient Greek more generally. -
We'll look at the surprising origins of some common summer-related words, phrases, and idioms. -
We take a road trip to the U.S. South to look at some place names that have some pretty surprising pronunciations. Bless our hearts (in a good way)!
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We take another shot at figuring out what's good and bad about the technical uses of common words.
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We look at the confusing, but surprisingly intuitive, world of adjective and adverb order and how we can know what we're doing without knowing what we're doing.
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This week, we look at the (sometimes huge) differences between the technical, specialized definitions of words, and what they mean to everybody else.
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School's out, so we're celebrating all the new graduates by looking at the backgrounds of some graduation-related words.
