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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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	Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland 3.92 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ladyfingers & Nun's Tummies: A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names 3.39 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Garden of Words 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog Days and Dandelions: A Lively Guide to the Animal Meanings Behind Everyday Words 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bill Schroeder Story by Schroeder Family, Martha Barnette (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Elgin Crossroads & Nearbys by Wanda Butler Hurn, Karen Paul Stone, Shirley Pugh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LADYFINGERS & NUN'S TUMMIES: A LIGHTHEARTED LOOK AT HOW FOODS GOT THEIR NAMES. by Martha Barnette (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Why Is This a Question?: Everything About the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask

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Martha Barnette made a comment on Jordan White’s review of Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland " Thanks for listening, Jordan! As you could probably tell, I get a big kick out of regionalisms myself! "
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Martha Barnette liked Jordan White's review of Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland: "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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Martha Barnette liked Bozhena Levine's review of Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland: "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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