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I’ve cohosted “A Way with Words,” the public radio show and podcast about words and how we use them, for 21 years now! My new book Friends with Words is a warm, witty memoir about the joys of language and the power of words to connect us.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 479 ratings · 107 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors
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"My thanks to both NetGalley and John Murray Press - Chambers for an advance copy of this book that looks at the origins of words that we use everyday, words that have been unfairly forgotten, and words that have changed over the years.

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" Thanks for listening, Jordan! As you could probably tell, I get a big kick out of regionalisms myself! "
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"I’d never listened to Martha Barnette’s radio show, A Way With Words, before picking up this book, but I enjoyed Friends With Words, particularly on audiobook. Barnette blends the etymology, idioms and regional vocabulary — my favorite — along with p" Read more of this review »
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"Thank you Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the advanced electronic audio review copy of this informative book. I enjoy etymology books and this one didn’t disappoint. Written in a fun, easy to understand way, this book reads more like a story than " Read more of this review »
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