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

Minicast Bonus: Picketwire

·5 min

This minicast explores the folk etymology behind how the Purgatoire River in Colorado became known as Picket Wire through linguistic transformations from Spanish to French to English.

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