New Yankee Wordshop

Monica and Luiz

An English and Portuguese celebration of words.

Episodes

  1. American Halloween History with the Antiques Freaks

    10/28/2020

    American Halloween History with the Antiques Freaks

    WARNING! This one has swears. Ken and Dee join us to chat about how Halloween came to America and its meandering evolution to the present day. How did paper decorations made by the Beistle Company influence how you celebrate Halloween? Why did America make the switch from tricks to treats? Who will win in the showdown between paper plate masks and the metaphysical?  Our apologies to the Irish.         LISTEN TO THE ANTIQUES FREAKS BEISTLE EPISODE https://antiquesfreaks.podbean.com/e/094-beistle-halloween-decorations/ LISTEN TO THE REST OF ANTIQUES FREAKS https://antiquesfreaks.podbean.com ENGAGE WITH ANTIQUES FREAKS https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiquesFreaks/ https://antiquesfreaks.tumblr.com Search "Antiques Freaks Friends" on Facebook to join the conversation. SOURCES "The History of Anoka Halloween", https://anokahalloween.com/history/ Reed Newland, Mary. "All Hallows Eve", https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/all-hallow-s-eve.html "All Saints Day", https://www.britannica.com/topic/All-Saints-Day Whittemore, Katharine. "The History of Halloween", 2016 Boston Globe book review, https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2013/10/26/seven-books-about-the-history-halloween/OPoCHdWgFzq0Qi0eV4KRZJ/story.html

    48 min

  2. 10/22/2020

    Even the Macaws Got It

    Luiz quizzes Monica on the strange, translated titles of classic American movies. Can she parse the Portuguese, puzzle over the English, and name the films? After the break, Luiz shares memories of New England Fall and discusses the differences between US and Brazilian Halloween. Luiz doesn't want to go apple picking (WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM?!). Join us on Facebook for more New England, more Brazil, and more goofing around. Just search New Yankee Wordshop Podcast.  Subscribe to receive notification of new episodes, including the upcoming, Halloween-y, cross-over episode with Antiques Freaks!!! Happy Halloween!

    51 min

  3. 10/15/2020

    How Brazilian Are You?

    Luiz and Monica try to figure out exactly when they met in Massachusetts during Luiz's exchange year. We discuss a lot of interesting tidbits of life in Brazil when Luiz takes a quiz, including why you need to be VERY careful when ordering coconut water in Portuguese. And why was Luiz fired from one of his first jobs? Throw on your schlip-schlaps and find out. Take the quiz yourself, and log on to New Yankee Wordshop Podcast Facebook Group to tell us whether you're more Brazilian than Luiz! http://www.adventurous-soul.com/how-brazilian-are-you/ Do you have a question? Ask us a question!

    1h 10m

  4. 09/09/2020

    Hot Harpooner

    No listener questions this week, buuuuut, triple your Balderdash, triple your fun! Special Guest Ken, of the Antiques Freaks Podcast, stops by to quiz me on some words no one outside of the 19th c. or a horse barn would know. Ken & Co. prepared THREE rounds of Balderdash for me! I should not have been surprised that the first word had a nautical theme. Will I be able to find the correct definitions of Tom Astoner, skewbald, and rainscald? I might, if I can stop making cultural asides.  After the break, we delve into early Fall in New England. I need a cider donut. When you're at the Garlic and Arts Festival, the compostable, corn plastic cutlery melts in the trash, not in your mouth. And what's up with that delightful, sweet smell of crunchy, fallen leaves?  Where to go in New Bedford for a historical time? Ken has answers! Join us as we question Melville's motives and plot a course for Ishmael to maybe, someday, get on a flippin' boat already.  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *   Join the conversation in the New Yankee Wordshop group. You can find us on Facebook.  Have you got a burning question about English or Portuguese? You can post it to the Facebook group, OR you can record it in your own words at our site Anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop. Hit the Message button! Wanna win a couple free, custom-made masks with fun fabric? Rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast, then post a screenshot of one of the three to the New Yankee Wordshop Podcast Facebook page to enter. We'll draw a winner September 18. Check out @priscillamakesmasks on Instagram to peruse your fabric options.  You can find the Antiques Freaks Podcast on Podbean, or wherever you like to listen. Join the Antiques Freaks Friends Facebook Group, find them on Tumblr, or join in on their Reddit subgroup.

    32 min

  5. 08/31/2020

    Cutting Corners

    It's the last gasp of New England summer...we hope. This week: listener questions on pronunciation lead us to discuss the factors in language evolution, and we discover the true origin of the phrase "cutting corners". Just how many Brazilian Portuguese R's are there? Everyday, commonly used Brazilian Portuguese phrases that reference religion, why do Massachusetts-ers pronounce "twenty" so it rhymes with "honey"? And Luiz recalls insulting Monica's husband immediately upon meeting him for the first time. Well done, friend!  The Balderdash word this week is: graupel. Can Luiz sort his way through word origins, or will he be foiled by intuition? Join the extended conversation and see the Balderdash scoreboards on Facebook at our New Yankee Wordshop Podcast group. Wanna submit a question? You can ask us there, OR you can visit our podcast site at Anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop and hit the message button to record YOUR VOICE to be played on a subsequent episode. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.

    37 min

  6. 08/25/2020

    You're the Apple of My Eye

    In this episode, you get TWO games of Balderdash for the price of one!!! Brought to you by forgetting to hit record. Tune in to learn the correct (and very INCORRECT) definitions of "nidifugous" and "widdershins". Questions this week: What does "apple of my eye" mean? Why do we have so many pronunciations for words ending in "ough"? Are there any words in Portuguese that sound like words in English, but just don't translate? And I would just like to state for the record that I know that Romance Languages are called Romance Languages because they have their origins in Latin (& thus, the Roman Empire). What was my mouth thinking??? Do you have a question for us?  Visit us at anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop to record one! Join our Facebook Group New Yankee Wordshop Podcast and post your question there. You may also enjoy all the side discussions about language, New England, and Minas, and Rio.  Would you like to try to trick Luiz? Join our OTHER Facebook Group New Yankee Wordshop Podcast Games and Trivia to join in a game of Balderdash. I tend to select from the first handful of responses (four definitions needed for each game).

    33 min

  7. 08/10/2020

    Chalk of Outside

    We answered a question! Hooray! Hang in there - FIRST, we talk about Luiz's beloved home city, Juiz de Fora, and what is the fun way to pronounce "universidade". We also discuss the weather man's role in Boston perceptions of Western, MA, and what makes New England homes so cozy. Monica falls down a Wikipedia hole, but fights her way back out.  FINALLY, we help Monica's brother hang with the New Bedford Azoreans despite his Western, MA mouth. What did he ask? Tune in to find out! Friends, do YOU have a question for New Yankee Wordshop? Follow the link below and click the message button! We can't wait to hear your voices and see what it is you want to know.  https://anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop

    34 min

  8. 08/03/2020

    Inadvertently All About Gender

    Hey! We remembered to answer listener questions!  Roz wanted to know, "As a woman, should I say 'Obrigado' or 'Obrigada'?", Dee has an excellent question about gendered languages and gender-neutrality (which we may have half answered?). We discuss various Minas accents, who thinks that bus belongs to them, why is "Colonel" spelled that way in the first place, Presidente/Presidenta and Sir/Ma'am (and SHOULD she be offended?), and the widow/widower theory [Luiz Castro, TM]. Did you play Clue as a kid? If so,  you may enjoy this episode! If you have a question, hit us up on our Facebook Group: New Yankee Wordshop Podcast. Or, head on over to anchor.com and leave us a message via our handy-dandy "message" button that lets YOU record! One day, I shall learn how to make this a live link. Until then, copy and paste, won't you? Beijos! https://anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop

    35 min

  9. 07/28/2020

    Massachusetts meets Minas

    Hello! This is not quite the episode we had intended to record. It was our first try. Future episodes will ACTUALLY include listener questions about English and Portuguese, more concrete remembrances of time spent in New England and Brazil, and some real quizzes and games will go down. We talked in a circle, got lost, figured out where we should have gone, and had to spend the night in the woods anyway, so to speak.  This episode we seem to have managed to cover times of day, a little about meals, and some local news stories that will end up as a non-sequitur in the grand scheme of things. So...it is what it is.  Do you have a question about English or Portuguese language, culture, history, travel, food, grammar, idioms, slang, etc.? You can join our New Yankee Wordshop Facebook group and leave a question there, or, even better, record your question using the link below! You can ask in English or Portuguese, we (or at least one of us) understand(s) both!  https://anchor.fm/new-yankee-wordshop/message

    40 min
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An English and Portuguese celebration of words.

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  • Creator
    Monica and Luiz
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Monica and Luiz
  • Show Website
    New Yankee Wordshop