A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over · Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. Produced by Stefanie Levine.

Drop in the Bucket - 1 December 2025

·54 min

This episode explores the phrase 'add oil,' a Hong Kong English expression of encouragement recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary, tracing its origins to Cantonese.

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