Words Fail Me Podcast 24 - December 2011

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How late can a podcast be? Well here is your answer, the Words Fail Me Christmas special is released in mid January. Merry Christmas!

It's worth waiting for though, Dave and Neil revisit the British Library cafe and discuss words on a page of the dictionary chosen by Katie Hopkins.



Katie Hopkins is known for being on the Apprentice and famously saying 'no' to Lord Sugar, and also took part in the ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. She chats to Dave about the meaning of celebrity, Christmas and Family.

Dave and Neil also give presents to each other, talk about typewriters and printing, and the most christmassy of all subjects... tyres.



Neil also has a bad joke day.

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Thanks again to Talk in Colour for the music, and to Katie Hopkins for opening our dictionary this month.

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Words Fail Me Podcast 22 - October 2011

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Well that was close, it is just about still October, and the podcast is up just in time!

This month we visited the spiritual home of the Dictionary, Oxford. A coffee shop is our studio, and we discussed hummus, tails, U2 and Tai Chi.

Our guest this month was Richard Adams, author of Watership Down. Dave discusses all things rabbits, and Richard reveals what he thought of the film adaptation of his story.



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Podcast Episode notes...


Thanks to Adam, at Oxford University Press for letting us know about the Online Oxford English Dictionary, and the range available in the UK.


We can categorically say that Hummus does contain Tahini.


And, as usual, Dave is correct, the DC10 aircraft indeed has an engine on the tail!

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Words Fail Me Podcast 7 - July 2010

Another month has passed and it's finally time for July's instalment of the Words Fail Me podcast with Dave and Neil!

This month our page was chosen by none other than Yes legend and keyboard extraordinaire - Rick Wakeman!

One of the nicest guests we have had, and very adept at picking a round numbered page with some interesting words on.

We discuss the unluckiness of thirteen, we show how little history we know, Neil discovers several things he does not like, and insults Roald Dahls granddaughter and also most of Scotland. Dave regretfully sings at one point.

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