Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Swan

Nick and Will board a train. Vera and Vincent fight for the truth. An angel comes home.For more lore and exclusive behind-the-scenes content, support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/waylandproductions CAST:Jataun Gilbert as NickSam Skolnik as WillHajin Cho as VeraMichael Ursu as VincentJoe Souza as OliverPaul Ben Victor as Angel Sr.Michael Swan as NarratorFull list of cast & crew: https://www.werealive.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

406mtsports.com's Victor Flores recaps the Montana State men's track and field team's thrilling Big Sky outdoor championship win over Northern Arizona, then plays interviews with Bobcat sprinter Michael Swan (8:14), MSU pole vaulter Colby Wilson (14:18), MSU jumper/hurdler Elena Carter (16:37), MSU decathlete Nicola Paletti (18:57), Montana Grizzly jumper Erin Wilde (24:16) and UM javelin thrower Evan Todd (26:27).

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, The Futurum Group's CEO and Chief Analyst, Daniel Newman, sits down with Michael Swan, VP of HPE Integration, and Jolanta Kisiel, Director of Global Accounts Segment Strategy at HPE Financial Services, to discuss how adopting a new mindset focused on IT asset lifecycle stages may be the key to accelerating success. Their conversation covers: Insights into the current pressures on IT organizations surrounding strategies in managing IT asset lifecycles What makes HPE Financial Services unique, and their approach to the IT asset lifecycle  How customers are managing existing infrastructure amidst all the change and in the face of innovation, including balancing competing internal priorities  How organizations can expand their sustainability practices and the benefits of doing so, given a recent IDC study showed sustainability is a top 3 decision criteria for 67% of customers when selecting a technology provider To learn more about HPE Financial Services, and uncovering new IT asset strategies, visit the company's website and download our series of briefs: Uncovering New IT Asset Strategies Hiding in Plain Sight, Building Economic Agility Through All Stages of Tech Lifecycles, Aligning Business Goals with Tech Lifecycles to Accelerate Innovation, and Adapting Tech Lifecycles to Support Sustainability Goals.

US Skiing has seen a rapid growth to the top of the sport over the past couple of decades. We've all seen it... and watch the results of this growth today. But at one time, things were quite the opposite. That is, until Kikkan Randall sprung onto the World Cup, leading the US to places they'd never been before. Now, a documentary about Kikkan is premiering in cities around the country. Chad asks Kikkan about this experience and where we can see it. This episode is sponsored by Fischer. To learn more about the Fischer Speedmax Helium ski and the Fischer Carbonlite boots, visit fischersports.com Learn more about "Kikkan" the documentary: https://www.kikkan.com/film/ Tickets for the Minneapolis screening:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kikkan-documentary-minneapolis-tickets-798838285817?aff=oddtdtcreator Tickets for the Wisconsin screening: https://www.theparkcenter.com/events/kikkan-movie With guest Kikkan Randall Hosted by Chad Salmela Produced by Chris Parr Patreon producer: Michael Swan

Meet the man helping to cut the number of river drownings in Galway The River Corrib in Galway is fast-flowing and dangerous. In the past, because of a lack of communication and co-ordination between local agencies, when a person entered the river, the RNLI couldn't get there in time. Galway RNLI Lifeboat Operations Manager Michael Swan was determined to change that. He talks about working with other local emergency services and agencies to put an effective, co-ordinated search and rescue plan in place. With innovative technology, improved communication, and awareness and prevention schemes, the RNLI are now able to launch to the rescue in time – and help save more lives. 200 Voices is produced by Adventurous Audio for the RNLI    Interview by Adventurous Audio  Soundtrack composed and performed by Jon Nicholls    The RNLI is a charity celebrating 200 years of saving lives at sea - find out more at RNLI.org/200     

Get your daily Thundering Herd athletics update, and join Paul Swann on this edition of The Drive as he talks with Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan, only on ESPN 94.1 & AM 930. Stay connected with all the latest sports updates and behind-the-scenes action by following Paul Swann on Twitter @PaulSwann.  If you're enjoying the show, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could share it with someone you think would also enjoy it. Thank you for your support! And to never miss another episode, be sure to subscribe at https://thedrivewithpaulswann.transistor.fm/subscribe. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Join host Paul Swann on today's episode of The Drive as he brings you the latest updates and discussions on two compelling topics. First, Paul dives into a conversation with Michael Swan, the head coach of Marshall women's soccer. Coach Swan provides an exclusive preview of the team's upcoming schedule, offering insights into the exciting matchups and sharing valuable details about the recruiting process that will shape the upcoming season. Discover the team's strategies, aspirations, and what to look forward to as the season unfolds. Additionally, Paul settles a highly debated topic that has captured the attention of football enthusiasts. It's time to settle the score and determine who reigns supreme in the quarterback realm. WVU QB Pat White, Marshall QB Byron Leftwich, and WVU QB Geno Smith are under the spotlight as their skills, accomplishments, and clutch performances are dissected. Join Paul as he delves into the qualities that make these quarterbacks remarkable and presents the verdict on the ultimate game-changer. Don't miss today's episode of The Drive, where Paul Swann brings you engaging discussions, intriguing insights, and the sports excitement you crave. Tune in, share your thoughts, and be part of the action. #TheDriveWithPaulSwann #MarshallSoccer #SoccerSchedule #QuarterbackDebate #PatWhite #ByronLeftwich #GenoSmith #SportsTalk

Can you believe someone turned the delicious treat into a blood thirsty killer? Neither can we. Join us for a fun review as we tear these donuts a new hole. You might have more fun listening to us than watching this film but that's for you to decide. Starring Justin Ray, Kassandra Voyagis, Michael Swan and Kayla Compton. Directed by Scott Wheeler in 2016. If you would like to become a supporter of the show you can check out our Patreon page and choose a tier. There are different perks at all levels and every contributor will have access to our Pre-Horror Show. Check out our favorite coffee by clicking on our link: Four Sigmatic Please share the podcast with your friends on social media to help us grow. Leave us a great review on whatever platform you are using. Check us out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Slasher. If you would like to watch our interviews, you can check out our YouTube channel. If you would like to ask us a question or make a suggestion for the show, send us an email at horrorscriptpodcast@gmail.com You can write us or record a voice memo of yourself asking the question and we can play it on an upcoming episodeSupport the show by picking up some Horror Script Podcast merchandiseIf you do reviews and interviews virtually try Squadcast for free by using our link. You also help support the show by using it. Special thanks to John Saccardo and Vince Lipscomb for the amazing music. Support the show

Welcome back! Here is the second part of Gav's story about his ant infestation and a look at the future tenses. If you haven't heard the first part of the story, go back and check out episode 12. This week Gav and Em are featuring the amazingly talented Anchor Creative Education who will finish the show with a wonderful song on irregular past tense verbs. Sit back or get up, put your headphones on, or open the transcription, and enjoy this week's How to English with Gav and Em. Transcription with audio: https://share.descript.com/view/CeDwRgv0O6x Anchor Creative Education's links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3idoSaI6I-2bJcYtq4rvQ https://anchorcreativeeducation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Anchorgrammar https://www.instagram.com/anchor_grammar/ Do ants sleep? https://www.kingstownelawn.com/blog/do-ants-fly-sleep-bite-10-surprising-facts#:~:text=2.,Their%20Sleep%20Through%20Power%20Naps&text=A%20recent%20study%20of%20ants,minutes%20of%20sleep%20per%20day. How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book; with Answers, Book by Catherine Walter and Michael Swan, Oxford English File, by Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, and Paul Seligson, Oxford Tenses: https://www.dropbox.com/s/isweapze59c5hic/Tense%20examples%20from%20Gav%27s%20story.pdf?dl=0

Paul Swann speaks with Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan in the first half of the program, with a look at area high school sports in the second half. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins Paul Swann to discuss the upcoming home game against High Point, as well as a conversation with Rod Blackstone of the Charleston Dirty Birds. For more podcasts, including interviews and entire shows, go to The Drive with Paul Swann podcast page. Listen to the show weekday afternoons, at 5:00 p.m on ESPN 94.1 & AM 930. Find Paul Swann on Twitter: @PaulSwann. Everywhere Else: https://linktr.ee/PaulSwann --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Michael Swan of the Catholic Register shares his expectations for the Pope's visit to Canada. Swan is of a select few who will be travelling along with the Vatican as they make three stops (Iqaluit, Edmonton, and Quebec City). 

Paul Swann discusses the Sun Belt Conference adding UCF as an affiliate member for men's soccer, Marshall softball adding Sydney Bickel out of the transfer portal, and another football commitment for football in 3 Star DB Caleb Clark-Glover out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins the show to talk about the upcoming schedule. For more podcasts, including interviews and entire shows, go to The Drive with Paul Swann podcast page. Listen to the show weekday afternoons, at 5:00 p.m on ESPN 94.1 & AM 930. Find Paul Swann on Twitter: @PaulSwann. Everywhere Else: https://linktr.ee/PaulSwann --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jacky Lai recently joined host Elias in the cave! You can see Jacky as Rina Kimura in her latest film 'Eraser: Reborn' available Digital, Blu-ray & DVD on June 7 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Eraser: Reborn U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard specializes in "erasing" people – faking the deaths of high-risk witnesses. With the technological advances of the last 25 years, the game has upgraded, and it's just another day at the office when he's assigned to Rina Kimura, a crime boss' wife who's decided to turn state's evidence. As the two flee to Cape Town, South Africa, with a team of merciless assassins on their trail, Pollard discovers he's been set up. Double-crossed and fueled by adrenaline, he needs to be at the top of his game, or he'll be the one who's erased. Permanently. The film stars Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters) as Mason Pollard, Jacky Lai (V-Wars) as Rina Kimura, McKinley Belcher III (Marriage Story) as Paul Whitlock, a mentor to Pollard and Eddie Ramos (Animal Kingdom) as Sugar Jax, a local gangster. The film is directed by John Pogue (The Quiet Ones, Deep Blue Sea 3) and written by Michael Weiss (Jarhead3: The Siege), Hunt Lowry (Donnie Darko) and Patty Reed (Pure Country Pure Heart) produce for Roserock Films. The creative team includes cinematographers, Michael Swan and George Amos, production designer, Franz Lewis, costume designer, Neil McClean and casting by Harriet Greenspan in the US and Bonnie Rodini in South Africa. Eraser: Reborn is the next chapter to Eraser (1996) the Chuck Russell directed action thriller that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as a U.S. Marshall assigned to "erase" the identity of a witness he is assigned to protect. The film also starred Vanessa Williams, James Caan and James Coburn and grossed around $242 million in worldwide box office. You can watch this interview on YouTube  https://youtu.be/vMaE7AuwLDk Have a question? Email us  themccpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Social Media for the latest show updates  www.twitter.com/themccpodcast www.instagram.com/themccpodcast www.facebook.com/themancavechroniclespodcast www.themccpodcast.com  https://www.youtube.com/c/TheManCaveChroniclesPodcast    

Lifetime Uncorked and Deck the Hallmark collide on this monthly podcast covering your favorite TV movies! Brandon (Bran) Gray & Daniel (Dan) Thompson join Lifetime Expert, Patrick Serrano, for the breakdown of Lifetime's Revenge Best Served Chilled. (Starring: Monique Parent, Michael Swan, Lynn Kim Do) They also discuss Wine, X-Men, and Patrick's new single drops today! Read Patrick's Recaps/Reviews: https://lifetimeuncorked.com/ Listen to Patrick's latest single: https://patrickserrano.hearnow.com Check out other Bramble Jam Podcasts: https://bramblejampodcast.com/ Donate to the Podcast: https://ko-fi.com/patrickserrano Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuQwUKBmS2MouRnVhRLyig Watch Patrick's Lifetime Movie: Old Flames Never Die starring (for five lines) starring PATRICK SERRANO! Business Inquiries | podcast@lifetimeuncorked.com Follow the Podcast @LifetimeUncorked & @hallmarkpodcast Follow the Host @PatrickMiguel Support Lifetime Uncorked with a monthly donation: https://ko-fi.com/patrickserrano --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifetime-uncorked/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lifetime-uncorked/support

Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins Paul Swann to talk about midfielder Kat Gonzalez joining the Dominican Republic Women's Soccer National Team for its upcoming 2023 World Cup qualifying matches. Comments today from Marshall football coach Charles Huff. Listen to The Drive with Paul Swann every weekday evening at 5:06 pm on ESPN 94.1 & AM 930. Follow Paul on Twitter: @PaulSwann. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Marshall University head women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins Paul Swann to talk about the spring schedule and moving the program forward. Listen to The Drive with Paul Swann every weekday evening at 5:06 pm on ESPN 94.1 & AM 930. Follow Paul on Twitter: @PaulSwann. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome back! Here is the second part of Gav's story about his ant infestation and a look at the future tenses. If you haven't heard the first part of the story, go back and check out episode 12. This week Gav and Em are featuring the amazingly talented Anchor Creative Education who will finish the show with a wonderful song on irregular past tense verbs. Sit back or get up, put your headphones on, or open the transcription, and enjoy this week's How to English with Gav and Em. Transcription with audio: https://share.descript.com/view/CeDwRgv0O6x Anchor Creative Education's links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3idoSaI6I-2bJcYtq4rvQ https://anchorcreativeeducation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Anchorgrammar https://www.instagram.com/anchor_grammar/ Do ants sleep? https://www.kingstownelawn.com/blog/do-ants-fly-sleep-bite-10-surprising-facts#:~:text=2.,Their%20Sleep%20Through%20Power%20Naps&text=A%20recent%20study%20of%20ants,minutes%20of%20sleep%20per%20day. How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book; with Answers, Book by Catherine Walter and Michael Swan, Oxford English File, by Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, and Paul Seligson, Oxford Tenses: https://www.dropbox.com/s/isweapze59c5hic/Tense%20examples%20from%20Gav%27s%20story.pdf?dl=0

Comments today from Marshall football coach Charles Huff and ECU football coach Mike Houston. Plus Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins Paul Swann to talk about the conference opener with WKU. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-drive-with-paul-swann/support

How can we help students improve their listening and reading? Traditionally, teachers teach skills like predicting, skimming, scanning and guessing from context. In this episode, Michael Swan presents reasons why we should avoid this approach, the reasons students find comprehension difficult and what alternative approach teachers should take to improving listening and reading skills.Support the podcast by buying us a coffeeFor more podcasts, videos and blogs, visit our website: www.TEFLtraininginstitute.comSign up for our mailing listWatch as well as listen on our YouTube channel Develop yourself! Find more about our teacher training courses

Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins Paul Swann ahead of pre-season action for the Thundering Herd, plus Spring Valley High School announcer Matt Perry updates Swann on the progress of the team during pre-season camp Plus, comments from Tim Cramsey, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Marshall University. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-drive-with-paul-swann/support

In this episode I explore the surprisingly complex and even controversial aspect of phrasal verbs in English. These are described differently according to which grammar text book you choose to read; but for reference, I have used the definition used by Michael Swan in his 'Practical English Usage' (Fourth Edition, p. 12), 2020, Oxford University Press see www.oup.com/elt I'm in conversation with John Taylor, a first language speaker and avid (that's very keen) reader, as we discuss just three verbs which easily generate over 50 phrasal verbs - 'to get on', 'to look' and 'to go'. We use them in the context of sport; literature, especially John's favourite of the detective genre; and business, where we consider the use of the simple verb 'to go' and how it is used flexibly and creatively to generate many phrasal verbs used in accountancy, law, commerce and finance. Speakers of English as a Foreign Language will value the opportunity to hear these phrasal verbs used in context, which is the key to understanding them and therefore to using them properly and appropriately. For further support in developing your spoken and written English Language skills, please contact me at johnscottlawton@hotmail.co.uk or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-scott-lawton/ where recommendations regarding my work are available. Please take the opportunity to listen to previous podcasts where I explore different aspects of the English Language. I value any comments you might like to make on the topics covered. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-lawton/message

Joseph Michael Swango (born October 21, 1954), also known under the aliases David J. Adams, Michael Kirk, Jack Kirk, and Michael Swan, as well as the press nickname Dr. Death, is an American former physician and an admitted serial killer. Swango is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues, though he only admitted to causing four deaths. He was sentenced in 2000 to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, and is serving that sentence at the ADX Florence supermax prison near Florence, Colorado. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedarkroompodcast/message

Joseph Michael Swango (born October 21, 1954), also known under the aliases David J. Adams, Michael Kirk, Jack Kirk, and Michael Swan, as well as the press nickname Dr. Death, is an American former physician and an admitted serial killer. Swango is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues, though he only admitted to causing four deaths. He was sentenced in 2000 to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole, and is serving that sentence at the ADX Florence supermax prison near Florence, Colorado. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedarkroompodcast/message

Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins Paul Swann ahead of the women's match with Middle Tennessee. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-drive-with-paul-swann/support

Ripley '75 grad Jay Robinson talks about his golf career at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Tori Starcher provides an update on her running career at Stanford University. We hear from Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan about Ripley's Olivia Gandee. Former Viking Lane Casto is primed to resume his baseball career at Alderson Broaddus. Former RHS basketball standout Kevin Harris reflects on his Viking career and sophomore Isaiah Casto recaps the game against unbeaten Lincoln County. RMS wrestling coach Cam Phalen talks about his 10-1 team.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-johnson9/support

David Nunan joins us to discuss the input we use in language lessons and what we do with it.For more podcasts, videos and blogs, visit our website Support the podcast – buy us a coffee!Develop yourself! Find more about our teacher training courses Watch as well as listen on our YouTube channel Ross Thorburn: Hi, everyone. Welcome back to "TEFL Training Institute" podcast. I'm Ross Thorburn and this week we're talking about authentic texts. It's a topic I've wanted to talk about for a long time.I can remember, even as a first year teacher, printing off news articles and bringing them to the classroom and, much more recently, using textbooks made for American primary schools with students, young learners, here in China.Obviously there's huge advantages to using authentic texts. You get all this real language which has been unfiltered and it's real and it's natural, and hopefully the texts can be very motivating for students.There's also lot of downsides as well to using authentic texts. It can be very difficult to understand. Sometimes I think they can be really off‑putting for students, if you get presented with something that's real and you can't understand any of it.I think as a student that can be a really demotivating experience. So, to help us with this topic today, we have David Nunan. David is, I think it's not an exaggeration to say, one of the most influential people in our field in the last 40 years. David, as well as writing numerous academic books for teachers and researchers, he's also author of the bestselling coursebook series "Go for It!" and David is currently based in Hong Kong.Enjoy the interview.Ross: David, thank you very much for joining us. To start off with, would you like to tell us a bit about your experiences of using authentic materials as a teacher?David Nunan: Yeah. I'm a dinosaur. I trained in the '60s, early '70s, and was trained in the audio‑lingual methods. "This is a pencil. Pen. This is a pen. Idiot. You're an idiot."Ross: [laughs]David: The funny thing was, in the mid '70s coming to the UK to do a couple of higher degrees including one in language teaching...Prior to that, the language institute I was working at at the university in Sydney with a number of highly enthusiastic teachers who were bored out of their brains with all this audio‑lingual stuff, we started doing things.I developed a listening course by actually lugging this reel‑to‑reel tape recorder out and interviewing native speakers, then using that as a resource in the classroom. One of my other co‑teachers, Jane Lockwood, she used to work with Mario Rinvolucri at Pilgrim School in the UK. Of course she had got all of the Mario, she had the Mario virus. She was great, she was great on using drama techniques and so on.We were kind of inventing communicative language teaching without actually knowing what we were doing. [laughs] In those days, the label was only just starting to come into currency. But using authentic materials and using simulations and getting the learners to do stuff out of the classroom and all those other things.Ross: I can image, David, quite a few listeners are going to be doing a Google Image search for a reel‑to‑reel tape recorder after that.Let's talk a bit more about this notion of authenticity, then. There's obviously this idea of authenticity in terms of the language. How real it is, is it something recorded specifically for a language class? Like your example earlier, something from a real conversation or from a TV show or radio show or maybe even a news article, something like that.The other bit of the puzzle there, I guess, is what you get students to do with that. If the idea of task authenticity, so our learners, for example, listening to something and then giving an opinion and discussing it, or using it to solve some kind of problem or maybe they are doing something more focused on the language like read this passage and then circle the verb.Suppose there are different possibilities there combining either authentic or inauthentic text with authentic or inauthentic tasks. Can you tell us a little bit more about those? What are the advantages and disadvantages there?David: Yeah. Well, the minute you take a piece of authentic language into the classroom you deal with authenticating it, in a sense.The authenticity of the input, the reading and the written‑spoken text that they're exposed to, but then there's the notion of task authenticity. I've seen teachers take ‑‑ no, I'm not necessarily criticizing it ‑‑ but I'll get a piece of authentic listening material. Then I'll get the student doing a close activity and listen to this weather forecast [inaudible 4:35] .The other aspect is learner authentication. You can have an authentic piece of listening material and you can have an authentic task. For example, listen, your teacher has left a message on your phone about an excursion you're going to tomorrow. She gives the information right, make a note of the essential information like where to meet, what to bring, what to wear, and so on.When you see the [inaudible 5:01] in the classroom doing that kind of thing, it does resemble something they might actually do in the world outside the classroom. That's not to say what I call pedagogical tasks are not reasonable to do in the classroom.A lot of the techniques that got developed quite a few years ago things like jigsaw listening or spot the difference where learners have got two different versions of the picture and they have to describe the picture, and then figure out where the differences are.I don't know about you, I've never seen anybody outside of the classroom [laughs] saying. We'll guess what the differences are in my picture. It's pedagogically defensible. It's good for practicing particularly with lower level learners. It's good news. It's quite easy to create picture challenges that get them practicing things like prepositions of place.That's a typical one where you've got a beach scene or a picture of a...although that's good for activities. He's running, she's sleeping, he's swimming, practicing prepositions in place [inaudible 6:00] . We have two versions of somebody's bedroom, and with dining room and you have to exchange information to decide where things are.Ross: Going back to authentic texts then, there are a lot of reasons why those might be too difficult for students to understand. I think a lot of teachers assume that in order to simplify text, you probably want to make it shorter and take out some of the more difficult words. But that's not always the case.Taking out words or taking out difficult words can end up making a text more difficult rather than more simple.David: Craig Shodron and his colleague Catherine Parker years ago, did a study where they were looking at simplified texts versus what they called elaborative modification or some fancy term on that. What that meant was that if you're using a listening text, might be a lecture or it could be a conversation, rather than dumbing it down.More or less keep it to the original, authentic picture, you add in a lot of redundancy. In other words, you say the same thing. I'm doing it now. Right? You add in a lot of [inaudible 7:16] . In other words, you say the same thing using slightly different words and you do comprehension checks and you know what I mean? You know what I mean Ross?[laughter]Ross: Yes, I do understand. That redundancy idea is really nice, isn't it? Because you just demonstrated, it's also very natural as well. Something I think that happens quite a lot in spoken conversation anyway.Let's talk about written texts for a moment. You are also [laughs] a very successful coursebook writer, David. How do you go about using texts when you write coursebooks?I guess there's two schools of thought on this. One of them is decide on the language that you want to teach and then create texts around those words or grammar points or whatever, or the other end of the spectrum is finding authentic texts and then teaching from those.David: What I've tried to do is to get texts that are engaging for the learners at a given level. For example, when I wrote the textbook for middle school to junior high kids who go for it, it was originally written for Latin America, but then the Ministry of Education in China decided that they wanted to adapt that one for use in schools in China.I actually took a sabbatical for about 10 months. I just spent the whole time running back and forth to Beijing. Working with a team up there. Because it was co‑published deal with PP. As you probably know, you can't fit if you're writing for the schools in China. They have to be co‑published and so PP with the co‑publishers.Anyway, so step number one was to find texts that would be engaging, Interesting, given subject matter, and so on for the kinds of learners that we were running the material for. Then make sure I was building in the appropriate vocabulary because when the text goes up for approval by the Ministry, they'll look through and I have long lists of pages and pages of vocabulary.A lot of those vocab lists really don't make any sense. At one stage, I pointed it out.Ross: Sorry, David. Those lists, are those coming from an exam board. Is that right?David: From the Ministry of Education in China, yeah. There were very interesting conversations. Another project I was working on, I had this graded vocab list, and that had to be built in, and I pointed out that, for a start, there were certain vocab items that I wouldn't even know. I'm Australian. I wouldn't teach kids in that situation. Like, kangaroo was on the list, but computer wasn't. [laughs]I know with corpus linguistics, that they have corporate now, that they don't have a lot more integrity, but a lot of them, the West's General Service List, that was written in about 1951, that was the most comprehensive fun.A lot of the vocab lists that subsequently got developed came from that. Paul Nation's obviously the last word on that and, as Paul points out, it's not just frequency of the occurrence, but it's also what equals, I think, potency, how potent a particular vocab item is for learning.Ross: So I suppose that sort of demonstrates the value of using authentic texts as the sort of building blocks of your coursebook, then you don't have those problems of inauthentic language. Authentic texts, I guess, almost by definition, are going to include more of the most frequent vocabulary in them and then that more frequent vocabulary, I guess, is going to be more useful to students?David: Yeah. But you also get a lot of low frequency words. One of the books that I used, when it came out years ago in the UK, was Michael Swan and Catherine Walter's "Cambridge English Course" and, particularly in the higher levels, they actually used authentic listening materials. I remember one of them.There was one lesson, I was prepping for, it must have been an interview, because they were working with CUP, it must have been an interview with somebody who worked in the CUP office.You know, "OK. You're employed, so you've got to come and sit down and be interviewed."This was pretty well‑unexpurgated. I was listening to it and whoever was interviewing said, "So, what do you do?" and the guy said, "I'm a printus reader." Well, what? I had a look at the tapescript. He was a printer's reader. He was a proofreader basically, for the publisher. [laughs]Extremely low frequency vocab item, and at normal speed, and I thought, "This is going to freak my kids out." So I actually gave them the vocab.Ross: I guess, there, David, you just hit on that authentic text can be really, really challenging for learners. Do you have any advice on how to use authentic text with, especially, very low level learners? How would you go about doing that?David: One of the techniques that I use is this progressively structured listening, where first, the low level learners...one of the big challenges getting them over the...you know how it completely freaks you out. When I first came here to Hong Kong, 25 years ago, when I decided to try and start learning Cantonese by myself, without taking regular classes or anything.It was just like this stream. I couldn't segment the stream of language in any way that made sense for a long time. Until I enlisted the help of some of my native‑speaking colleagues and so on. One of the techniques I used to use was to say, I'm going to play you five little forte conversations. Three of them are in English and two of them are not.You have to just listen and all you have to do is to be able to pick which ones are English, then of course, if the distractors are Hindi and Arabic, that's a lot easier to do than if the distractors are German or Dutch. I remember the first time I ever went to Amsterdam. I thought I could swear, sounded so English [laughs] but it wasn't.When they can do that, they realized that they can get some level of me even just identifying which conversations are English in which are and then maybe the next level, you might get them to identify how many speakers there are.Again, if there are three males or three females, that's how to do if there is a male or female and adult and a kid, then you get the missing four key words, you get them identifying whether the conversation is asking for directions to a hotel or asking directions to supermarket.As they start to get more relaxed then they're prepared to get the message. When you're listening to your first language, you don't listen to every big word. It depends on purpose for listening as well then you get the idea about listening just for gist or listening for specific information.Once they've listened to it, a text four or five times and they've done different things with the text through to some kind of information transfer, filling in a table or whatever, or the example I gave earlier about taking down key information from a mobile phone message, then they start to develop good listening skills in the target language.Ross: One more time, everyone that was David Nunan. If you enjoyed that and you'd like to find out more from David, check out his website, www.davidnunan.com. Thanks for listening and we'll see you again next time. Goodbye.

Do you feel you've hit a learning wall? Is your level of English stagnating? What do you do if your students just don't get it? And do you encounter problems when you're speaking English outside the classroom? Lock into Gav & Em in this week's How To English for their insights and observations on these issues and more. References: How English Works, Michael Swan, Catherine Walter, Oxford University Press, 1997 https://books.google.cz/books/about/How_English_Works.html?id=ZUBPvdUx39IC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y Intermediate Language Practice, Michael Vince, Paul Emmerson, Macmillan, 2003 https://books.google.cz/books?id=5OmfQgAACAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy, Cambridge, 2019 https://englishforforeignersonline.com/english-grammar-in-use-by-raymond-murphy-book-review/

Hello folks!As promised, I’m back with an episode on mixed conditionals. This is a very dense topic and I’m sure it’s one that I’ll revisit in the future. Please note that while I’ve talked about a lot of possible mixes, I’m sure that the list is not exhaustive. If you want to read more about conditionals, I recommend the following resources:“Chapter 11.2 Conditional Meaning.” A Student's Advanced Grammar of English, by Peter Fenn, Francke, 2010, pp. 386–404.“Part Two: Grammar in Use; Section B Information, Reality and Belief.” A Communicative Grammar of English, by Geoffrey N. Leech and Jan Svartvik, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2002, pp. 145–154.“Section 22 If.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 238–248. Blog RSS

Marshall women's soccer coach Michael Swan joins Paul Swann to talk about the new additions to his team. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-drive-with-paul-swann/support

Need some tips on teaching or learning grammar? Look no further, they've got just what you've been looking for. In this episode of How to English with Gav and Em, you'll hear two experienced teachers reveal the secrets of what makes a good teacher or learner where grammar is concerned. Saddle up and hold on tight for another episode of How to English! References: Parts of speech: https://www.lexico.com/grammar/word-classes-or-parts-of-speech English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy and Surai Pongtongcharoen, Cambridge. Using timelines: https://eflrecipes.com/2014/06/21/timelines/ Differences between British and American English with present perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KWEAWwASQ Intermediate Language Practice, Michael Vince, Macmillan. How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book ; with Answers, Catherine Walter, Michael Swan, Oxford.

Hello folks, This week I’m responding to a listener request for some content on multi-word verbs. Here’s a link to what Michael McCarthy author of English Phrasal Verbs in Use has to say about teaching phrasal verbs. Here’s a reading list if you want to delve a little deeper into multi-word verbs:“Chapter 5: Verbs.” Longman Student Grammar of Written and Spoken English, by Douglas Biber et al., Longman, 2005, pp. 123–135.“Chapter 2 The Verb and Its Complements.” Advanced English Grammar: a Linguistic Approach, by Ilse Depraetere and Chad Langford, 2nd ed., Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, pp. 62–68.“Chapter 5: Verbs.” Longman Student Grammar of Written and Spoken English, by Douglas Biber et al., Longman, 2005, pp. 123–135.“Section 1 Verbs 12 Two-Part Verbs: Phrasal Verbs.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2018.“Section 1 Verbs 13 Two-Part Verbs: Prepositional Verbs.” Practical English Usage, by Michael Swan, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2018. Blog RSS

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Marshall announced the hiring of Michael Swan as the new head coach of the Thundering Herd women's soccer program. Paul Swann speaks with him, plus Marshall picked up 15 early signees for the 2020 football recruiting class today and we'll hear from football coach Doc Holiday. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-drive-with-paul-swann/support

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. For today’s episode, we are delighted to bring you an interview with Michael Swan. Michael is known for his numerous books, which include Practical English Usage, Basic English Usage, and The Good Grammar Book. Michael’s wide interests include pedagogic grammar, mother-tongue influence in second language acquisition, and the relationship between applied linguistic theory and classroom language-teaching practice. In today’s interview, Rob asks questions to Michael about his career, developments in English language teaching, and about some of Michael’s beliefs on classroom practice.   This interview was recorded at Oxford Day 2018, an event organised by Oxford University Press in Japan. We’d like to thank all at OUP Japan for arranging this interview with Michael on our behalf, and for letting us record our podcast during their event. Enjoy the conversation! More information about Michael Swan can be found here: https://mikeswan.net  Email: teflology@gmail.com Website: https://teflology-podcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEFLology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA

Artёm and Casey have a look through sections of Michael Swan's book Practical English Usage where he talks about commas, and find out where they stand. They also pontificate on cross-language differences, pauses, and the oxford comma. Music: The Sound Spa

Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – A podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. This is just a quick announcement to let you all know, that for the months of February and March, we’ll be taking a short break from podcasting.   This is due to the three of us having some other commitments that need to be focused on during this period. Since June 2014, when our show first began, we have worked hard, and are proud of the fact, that we have released a new episode every two weeks. So, we hope you don’t mind us taking a short break for the next couple months. We have plenty of interviews lined up for April, such as interviews with Donna Brinton, Diane Larsen-Freeman, and Michael Swan, so we’re really looking forward to sharing these with you. As well as our interviews, the three of us will also be back together to talk about different topics related to our field. In the meantime, you can find our back catalogue on: iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-teflology-podcast/id897413013?mt=2 YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZUvEqf5A7m7OADQoMOV8AA Our Website - https://teflology-podcast.com We’d also really appreciate it if you could continue to share our show on Twitter (https://twitter.com/teflology?lang=en) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TEFLologypodcast/) If you have any questions or requests for us, please email at teflology@gmail.com, and we’ll reply as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding, and we’ll be with you all again in April.

Scotty's back with Michael Swan on the phone. He played Officer Pappas in Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives. Scotty and Michael discuss Michael's most famous line in the film, his death scene, his career as an actor, what it was like working with CJ Graham, the environment on set, Tommy McLoughlin as a director, and any future projects he has in the works to tell his fans about. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slasherscotty/support

Scotty's back with Michael Swan on the phone. He played Officer Pappas in Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives. Scotty and Michael discuss Michael's most famous line in the film, his death scene, his career as an actor, what it was like working with CJ Graham, the environment on set, Tommy McLoughlin as a director, and any future projects he has in the works to tell his fans about.

Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016) Not Rated | 1h 38min | Comedy , Horror | 17 November 2017 (USA) A chemical accident turns ordinary donuts into blood thirsty killers. Now it's up to Johnny, Michelle and Howard to save their sleepy town from...Killer Donuts. Director: Scott Wheeler Writers: Nathan Dalton, Chris De Christopher Stars: Justin Ray, Kassandra Voyagis, Michael Swan https://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com/ https://www.patreon.com/acoupleofaveragejoes https://radiopublic.com/cinescape-magazine-podcast-G7pnZB

Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016) Not Rated | 1h 38min | Comedy , Horror | 17 November 2017 (USA) A chemical accident turns ordinary donuts into blood thirsty killers. Now it's up to Johnny, Michelle and Howard to save their sleepy town from...Killer Donuts. Director: Scott Wheeler Writers: Nathan Dalton, Chris De Christopher Stars: Justin Ray, Kassandra Voyagis, Michael Swan https://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com/ https://www.patreon.com/acoupleofaveragejoes https://radiopublic.com/cinescape-magazine-podcast-G7pnZB

WELCOME TO TAKE 2 RADIO SOAPS IN REVIEW & HAVE YOU HEARD? THE LATEST IN SOAP NEWS! This show is on the 2nd & 4th THURSDAY of the month at 7PM EASTERN TIME!  EPISODE 62: Take 2 Radio Soaps in Review: Thursday, August 9th at 7pm eastern with special guest - actor Michael Swan! About Michael: Michael is well known in the television industry. Many of you will remember him from As the World Turns and/or The Bold and the Beautiful. He's  is an actor and director, known for Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986) and Piranhaconda (2012) and currently on Hilton Head Island a Christian series. Traditional values and spiritual faith meet the challenges of personal ambition in the high-powered world of network television. You can watch Season 1 on pureflix.com Season 2 coming soon!  JOIN PAM, DAVID, CAROLYN, CANDICE & ANTHONY as they discuss what's been happening on The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless Whether you watch all 4 or just one they will be reviewing all of the soaps and we welcome calls from the fans to give their thoughts! CALL IN 1-718-506-1540 PRESS 1 Follow on twitter @take2radio @T2RSoapsReview @Take2RadioCrew @BarefootBlonde5 @Candypooh @Anthony31C

Is it possible to invest in real estate if you live in an expensive market—and earn a teacher’s salary? According to today’s guest, it’s not only possible, but it can be incredibly profitable! Today’s guest, Michael Swan, is a P.E. teacher who lives in San Diego but has used the valuable real estate concept known as “trading up” to acquire millions of dollars in real estate. You’ll learn why Michael liquidated his entire retirement plan to buy his first few deals, the truth about “luck” and real estate, and some fantastic tips for buying and managing properties—even from a distance. (And if you work a full-time job or make less than $100,000 per year, this show might just change your life!)In This Episode We Cover:Why Michael’s nickname is SwannyHow he realized his financial ladder was leaning on the wrong buildingTips for utilizing IRAs and penaltiesWhether purchasing 11 condos is a good idea or notThe story of the 15-unit apartment complexHow he went from $5k in cash flow to $24kWhether luck had to do with his great dealsTips for buying areas in with both cash flow and appreciationHis formula for financial freedom (using multifamilies)A discussion on single families versus multifamiliesHow to find deals in your marketTips for seeking out the perfect property managerHow many units he has nowHow to tackle big projectsHow he manages his work with his time as a teacherAnd SO much more!Links from the ShowBiggerPockets ForumsZillowCraigslistBooks Mentioned in this ShowRich Dad Poor Dad by Robert KiyosakiMulti-Family Millions by David LindahlLoopholes of Real Estate by Garrett SuttonThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective by Stephen CoveyThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillThe 10X Rule by Grant CardoneFire Round QuestionsWhat strategies do you use to find the “right” property manager?Is a skunk in the yard my responsibility?Apartment bedrooms 2, 1 or studiosInvesting in San DiegoInvesting in rental income properties out of stateTweetable Topics:“Living in San Diego, if I am able to do it, anybody can do it.” (Tweet This!)“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” (Tweet This!)“Make sure you make connections with everybody.” (Tweet This!)“I don’t take advice from someone that has less than me.” (Tweet This!)Connect with MichaelMichael’s BiggerPockets Profile

Singer/Songwriter Michael Swan shares his creative process, how he found his voice, and how he ultimately chose music over flight training.  Listen to Michael on bandcamp Thank you to Company Brewing Follow Host @colleenlindl Follow @mostlyminutiapodcast Listen to Mostly Minutia Podcast Listen on Apple Listen on Spotify Cover Art by Evah Fan    

Michael Swan (@as_seenontv) stops by to revisit his theory that straight men are the biggest stunt queens. Louis wants to hear more about Marissa Tomei in Moonstruck, Matt calls "The Goodbye Song" choreography a Coke commercial, and Kyle forgets to look both ways.

On this week’s podcast we talk about: It’s the festive special, because we’re proper festive and aal that. Merry Christmas everybody, god bless the baby Jesus. Amen. x Tracks: Jeff Mills, The Macc Lads, Jethro Tull, Gipton Removal Firm. Festival 23 Kickstarter here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/festival-23-convergence-of-disco#/ In the studio: Donald Jenkins, Mike Cow, Michael Swan. Twitter: @mikecow1 @mtcpodcast Instagram: mtcpodcast Producer: Danny H TICKETS: Easter rave: http://www.milkthecowpodcast.com/tickets/ BUY a Gan radge t-shirt here: http://www.milkthecowpodcast.com/merch/gan-radge-and-eat-cowies-t-shirt-pre-order BUY Porklife here: http://www.milkthecowpodcast.com/merch/porklife Sponsor: Sheath Underwear http://www.sheathunderwear.com/https://www.facebook.com/sheathunderwear ENTER DISCOUNT CODE ‘cow’ when you checkout for 50% discount Sponsor: Bryte Screen and Digital http://www.bryte-digital.com/ Sponsorship/advertising/guest spot enquiries: mtcpodcast@mail.com Twitter: @mtcpodcast @mikecow1 Please comment, rate and subscribe and download for FREE on iTunes to help the podcast reach more people, it makes a huge difference. One love. FTDCH.x https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/milk-the-cow-podcast/id935323009?mt=2 )  

Michael Swan tells us about his experience at the Million Mask March and shares some of his thoughts and feelings about life and. We go deep on a much requested ‘Music Special, as people have asked us to pick tracks which mean something to us and talk about them. It gets real. We also have a feature length interview with international techno artist Perc of Perc Trax who is headlining the Christmas rave in Newcastle and much more. Tracks: Silvah Bullet, Bodycount, Black Sabbath, Sage Francis, Arnold McCuller, The Planters, The Shangri-Las and Perc. Guests: Perc (World class techno artist) Michael Swan (Eye witness report from the ‘Million Mask march’) Check out Mr Swan Photography here: https://www.facebook.com/MrSwanPhotography/?pnref=lhc Festival 23 Kickstarter here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/festival-23-convergence-of-disco#/ In the studio: Donald Jenkins, Mike Cow, Michael Swan. Twitter: @mikecow1 @mtcpodcast Instagram: mtcpodcast Producer: Danny H TICKETS: Christmas rave: http://www.milkthecowpodcast.com/tickets/ BUY a Gan radge t-shirt here: http://www.milkthecowpodcast.com/merch/gan-radge-and-eat-cowies-t-shirt-pre-order BUY Porklife here: http://www.milkthecowpodcast.com/merch/porklife Sponsor: Sheath Underwear http://www.sheathunderwear.com/https://www.facebook.com/sheathunderwear ENTER DISCOUNT CODE ‘cow’ when you checkout for 50% discount Sponsor: Bryte Screen and Digital http://www.bryte-digital.com/ Sponsorship/advertising/guest spot enquiries: mtcpodcast@mail.com Twitter: @mtcpodcast @mikecow1

Don't sip that chamomile too quickly, you'll get stoned! Witness Whoopi Goldberg exploding into a flock of doves, Teddy Sears almost shirtless and Rachel Taylor wander the streets of New York without shoes on in the terrifyingly bad 666 Park Avenue. Join your hosts @maurae, @lafergs along with guests @as_seenontv & @kgrhymes to discuss the devil himself: Terry O'Quinn. AS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE: ROSEMARY'S BABY: https://youtu.be/5H5UvaTM4Q4 GHOST: https://youtu.be/bh5b29cM0KA CHARLIE'S ANGELS: https://youtu.be/lQ_zmoDz56U VANESSA WILLIAMS W/ PROBLEM CHILD ON UGLY BETTY: https://youtu.be/y71Jlvexsg0 VANESSA WILLIAMS GETS GASSED: http://t.co/6Hs0q3wggN Rate, Review, & Subscribe on iTunes! bit.ly/TTV-iTunes Do you shop on Amazon? Shop through us and support the show: amzn.to/1uEVTFg

Warning: several beloved theater actors were harmed in the making of Will & Grace's second live television episode. Join your host @maurae and guest host @itslisae along with returning guest @as_seenontv to discuss the trash finale, useless Matt Lauer, and that infamous gay agenda. AS REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE: BENNY HILL MUSIC: https://youtu.be/MK6TXMsvgQg JACK MEETS CHER: https://youtu.be/Odi-_mTo4F0 BLOOPERS: https://youtu.be/1-GrK5tX0r4 DEBBIE DOWNER IN DISNEYLAND: http://yhoo.it/1JAojYM TITANIC PROPELLER DUDE: https://youtu.be/fW32f_LHMNc Rate, Review, & Subscribe on iTunes! bit.ly/TTV-iTunes Do you shop on Amazon? Shop through us and support the show: amzn.to/1uEVTFg

This one goes out to all the sons of the district attorneys out there! Keep your hands off our daughters. Join hosts @maurae, @lafergs, and @kaceybange along with special guest @as_seenontv as we discuss out of control teens and the real origin story of Captain America. AS REFERENCED IN THE EPISODE: PACINO VS. SILVER: http://i.imgur.com/x4gNeZk.jpg BABY CHRIS EVANS: http://i.imgur.com/Pmn9433.jpg Rate, Review, & Subscribe on iTunes! bit.ly/TTV-iTunes Do you shop on Amazon? Shop through us and support the show: amzn.to/1uEVTFg

Michael Swan started in local theater and was part of an improvisational company in the late 70's known as The Illegitimate Theater. He moved to Los Angeles and worked as a wine consultant at Wally's Liquors in Westwood. Still pursing an acting career, he studied with David Alexander, a teacher and mentor to actors like Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ross Martin. Swan landed two recurring roles at MGM Television on Bronk with Jack Palance and Medical Center with Chad Everett. He appeared in over 100 shows for MGM, Universal, Spelling, Cannell, Columbia Pictures Television, Warner Bros. Television and 20th Century Fox TV throughout the 70's and 80's. In 1986, Swan landed a contract role on As the World Turns, playing Scottish adventurer Duncan McKechnie for 10 years. In 1998, Swan joined a second soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful where he played the role of Adam Alexander, the long-lost ex-husband of Sally Spectra. He appeared as a contract player in 1998 and 1999, and made guest appearances in 2001, 2002 and 2003. After his soap appearances, Swan has starred in several films by director Roger Corman, and has also done commercial work, both in on-camera appearances and in voice-over work. Michael joins Take 2 Radio on Wednesday, Jan. 15th at 7pm eastern time.

Michael Swan of Robinson Outdoor Products explains the technology behind ScentBlocker's new Trinity line of scent-control clothing.

If someone offered you a croaker with an old man's face, would you accept? You should! Croaker is a slang term for "hundred dollar bill." And did you ever wonder why we turn UP the A.C. to bring the temperature down? Grant and Martha ponder that question. Plus, the tricky debate over me vs. I, the byzantine story behind the word byzantine, whether paper toweling is a real noun, and a couple of name games. Also, Grant recommends some dictionaries and teaching guides for the new school year.FULL DETAILSEver know somebody whose name makes you do a double-take, like a family physician named Dr. Hurt? An Albany, N.Y. listener shares a game of more positive aptronyms. For example, what do you name your daughter if you want her to be a lawyer? How about "Sue"? Do you use paper towels or paper towelling? While a listener insists her husband's wrong for his use of paper towelling, Grant explains how certain nouns take a gerund ending. For example, clothes derive from clothing, and the side of a house adorns siding. In the same way, why not tear a paper towel off a roll of paper towelling?A veteran broadcaster recalls a brilliant example of sesquipedalian language. Fifty years ago, he stubbed his foot on the beach and a group of college boys told him to go to his parents and get an anatomical juxtaposition of the orbicular ors muscles in the state of contraction on the unilateral calcification of the carbuncular metatarsal. Go get, in other words, "a kiss on the foot."Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a Grant and Martha version of The Odd Man Out Game, wherein one term doesn't belong in the list of four. Take Martha, Irving, Denzel, and Booker. Which one doesn't fit? It's Irving, because "Washington" is his first name, not his last.Does turning up the A.C. make a room cooler or warmer? A listener grapples with multiple meanings of the word "up." Martha suggests saying, "Turn up the air conditioning," not "turn up the air conditioner," just as you say "turn up the heat," not "turn up" the heater. Grant observes that the English language is imperfect, and we often have to clarify our statements to make sure people understand us. When it comes to proper grammar, "Where you at?" ain't where it's at. A mother is concerned that her child will pick up such malapropisms as "Where you at?" and "My mother and me went to the store." Grant argues that the redundant "at" has become such a part of our colloquial speech that it isn't to be chided in informal usage. However, for those formative years of language learning, Grant recommends the book Learner English by Michael Swan. http://wywd.us/learningles What do you name your baby if you want her to become a bank teller? "Penny." And if it's a boy? Try "Bill." If someone offered you a croaker with an old man's face, would you take it? Here's a hint: the face belongs to Benjamin Franklin. A Louisiana native shares this rare term for " a hundred dollar bill." Grant suspects that it may derive from the French verb croquer, meaning, "to be crisp." It's mostly used in informal settings, such as horse tracks and neighbor-to-neighbor transactions. What terms do you use for the Benjamins? Here's a whole stash. http://wywd.us/croakersnmoreIf you're looking for dictionary recommendations, you've tuned to the right program! For comprehensive, desk-dwelling dictionaries, Grant likes the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th Edition, a two-volume set, and the brand-new American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, which contains original etymologies, illustrations, and plenty of guides and charts. The latter publication took nearly ten years to complete, and its authority is worth the investment. http://tinyurl.com/3c9dkfbhttp://tinyurl.com/yvs5cbWhen a minister asked, "Who gives this woman to be married?" the father regrettably answered, "Her mother and me." Well, he regretted it after his daughters ribbed him about his improper grammar--specifically, his disregard for the implied verb. As in, "My wife and I do give this young woman to be married." Grant and Martha confirm that the implied verb is indeed what seals the deal. Alas, the "me vs. I" squabbles continue!http://bit.ly/9IC2uZA physician heard a broadcaster use the term byzantine to describe the current health care system, and wonders about the origin of this adjective. Martha notes that the Byzantine Empire, which began in the 4th Century A.D., was notable for its convoluted system of government officials and titled nobility. Additionally, Byzantine art is known for its intricacies and elaborate details. Thus, the word has come to refer to anything exceptionally complicated or intricate.What do you name your future ophthalmologist? "Iris"! If a married couple moves because one spouse is relocated for work, is it correct to say the other spouse following them? A listener wonders about the implications of the term "follow," and how that dynamic works in today's day and age. Married couples often view themselves as a team of two equals, and sometimes words like "follow" can connote unintended ideas of subservience. Grant and Martha point out that, as relationship dynamics change, so does our language.If you'd like your son to become a statistician, Martha suggests naming him . . . wait for it  . . . "Norm"!....Support for A Way with Words comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. Learn more at nu.edu. http://nu.eduWe're also grateful for support from The University of San Diego. Since 1949, USD has been on a mission not only to prepare students for the world, but also to change it. 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Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016) Not Rated | 1h 38min | Comedy , Horror | 17 November 2017 (USA) A chemical accident turns ordinary donuts into blood thirsty killers. Now it's up to Johnny, Michelle and Howard to save their sleepy town from...Killer Donuts. Director: Scott Wheeler Writers: Nathan Dalton, Chris De Christopher Stars: Justin Ray, Kassandra Voyagis, Michael Swan https://www.acoupleofaveragejoes.com/ https://www.patreon.com/acoupleofaveragejoes https://radiopublic.com/cinescape-magazine-podcast-G7pnZB