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Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth invite you to enhance your vocabulary, uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words in this award-winning podcast.
 
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Something Rhymes with Purple

Wow, this is the final episode of Something Rhymes With Purple. Susie, Gyles, and all of us at Purple HQ want to say a massive THANK YOU for being the best audience in the whole wide world. 

We have had such fun making these episodes, and of course we had to finish with a listener correspondence special.

Thank you for an amazing 5 years. SRWP - over and out!

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Optriculum: Something whose name you can’t remember for the moment.

Discumgalligumfricated:Greatly astonished but pleased.

Hiptiminigy: A cry that expressed exuberance of spirit.

Gyles' poem this week was the infamous 'Our Revels Now Are Ended' quote by Prospero in The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, 

As I foretold you, were all spirits and 

Are melted into air, into thin air: 

And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, 

The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, 

The solemn temples, the great globe itself, 

Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve 

And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, 

Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff 

As dreams are made on, and our little life 

Is rounded with a sleep.

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Thank You and Farewell!

Ah, it's the penultimate week for our fantastic podcast. Join Susie and Gyles as they unpack the wondorous world of castles.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Hassock: Kneeler in a church.

Quisquous: Difficult to handle.

Umbriferous: Giving shade.

Gyles' poem this week was 'Buckingham Palace' by A.A. Milne

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -

Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

Alice is marrying one of the guard.

"A soldier's life is terrible hard,"

 Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -

Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

We saw a guard in a sentry-box.

"One of the sergeants looks after their socks,"

 Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -

Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

We looked for the King, but he never came.

"Well, God take care of him, all the same,"

 Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -

Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

They've great big parties inside the grounds.

"I wouldn't be King for a hundred pounds,"

 Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -

Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

A face looked out, but it wasn't the King's.

"He's much too busy a-signing things,"

 Says Alice.

They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -

Christopher Robin went down with Alice.

"Do you think the King knows all about me?"

"Sure to, dear, but it's time for tea,"

 Says Alice.

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Portcullis

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Join Susie and Gyles this week as they take us on a delicious journey, unpacking the history behind ice cream flavour names.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Blowsing: Red-faced and somewhat dishevelled; having a blowsy appearance or quality. 

Toodley-oodley: All fine and dandy.

Ferricadouzer: A knockout blow.

Gyles' poem this week was 'The End' by Alistair McGowan

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Sorbetto

This week Susie and Gyles explore the wonderful ancient world of alchemy... And have a big announcement to make straight from Purple HQ.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Hookum Snivy: Petty; deceitful, sneaky.

Pickthank: A person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip.

Highmadandy: A person that has more money than sense.

Gyles' poem this week was 'A New Double Act' by Alistair McGowan

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Elixir

This week, Susie and Gyles explore the fiery (under)world of Hell. Join us as we unpack the infernal regions, a place of torment for the wicked after death.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Accismus: The feigned refusal of something you really want.

Redeless: Destitute of counsel - lacking advice.

Vilipend: To condemn or despise.

Gyles' poem this week was 'Tender-heartedness' by Harry Graham

Billy, in one of his nice new sashes,

Fell in the fire and was burned to ashes;

Now, although the room grows chilly,

I haven't the heart to poke poor Billy.

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Hades

This week, Susie and Gyles explore heaven. Join us as we uncover the historical, linguistic, and cultural roots of this divine subject.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Splurgundy (Australian English): Sparkling burgundy.

Scrouge: To encroach on someone’s personal space.

Sardonian: One who flatters with deadly intent.

Gyles' poem this week was 'Where We Began' by Irving Berlin

Heaven, I'm in heaven

And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak

And I seem to find the happiness I seek

When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek

Heaven, I'm in heaven

And the cares that hung around me through the week

Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak

When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek

Oh, I love to climb a mountain

And to reach the highest peak

But it doesn't thrill me half as much

As dancing cheek to cheek

Oh, I love to go out fishing

In a river or a creek

But I don't enjoy it half as much

As dancing cheek to cheek

Dance with me

I want my arm about you

The charm about you

Will carry me through to Heaven

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Nirvana

This week Susie and Gyles are talking dirty. No, not in that way, get your head out of the gutter... Literally.

Join us as we explore where words such as 'trash', 'garbage', 'litter' and 'trash' originate from.

So tune in and let's talk all kinds of rubbish together!

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Rumptydooler: Something excellent.

(rattlers, rippers, ripsnorters, roarers, clinkers, corkers, fizzers, screamers, sneezers, hummers, dingers, humdingers, and rumptydoolers

Solivagant: Wandering alone.

Nod-crafty: Having the knack of nodding the head with an air of great understanding, when you actually tuned out ages ago.

Gyles' poem this week was 'If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking' by Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

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Garbelage

This week, Susie and Gyles embark on an exciting journey into the wild as we delve into the history and evolution of all things 'safari'. Discover how this term, rooted in Swahili and Arabic, has traveled through time and across continents to become synonymous with adventure and exploration. 

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Catillate: To lick the dish. 

Phubbing: Using your phone in social situations. 

Blandish: To cajole or to gently flatter. 

Gyles' poem this week was 'The Tyger' by William Blake 

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 

In the forests of the night; 

What immortal hand or eye, 

Could frame thy fearful symmetry? 

In what distant deeps or skies. 

Burnt the fire of thine eyes? 

On what wings dare he aspire? 

What the hand, dare seize the fire? 

And what shoulder, & what art, 

Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 

And when thy heart began to beat. 

What dread hand? & what dread feet? 

What the hammer? what the chain, 

In what furnace was thy brain? 

What the anvil? what dread grasp. 

Dare its deadly terrors clasp? 

When the stars threw down their spears 

And water'd heaven with their tears: 

Did he smile his work to see? 

Did he who made the Lamb make thee? 

Tyger Tyger burning bright, 

In the forests of the night: 

What immortal hand or eye, 

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? 

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Sabana

This week, we're unraveling the sentimental journey behind the word 'nostalgia'. Join Susie and Gyles on a linguistic journey through time, where every word is a portal to the past.

Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:

Desiderate: To yearn for something one once had but has now lost.

Listicle: Simply, a little list!

Natsukashii: A Japanese word used when something evokes a fond memory from your past and that is enough in itself.

Gyles' poem this week was 'Growing Old ' by Nanette Newman: 

 Growing old is like a career

only a career you didn’t train for

you didn’t expect

and you certainly didn’t want.

This ‘new’ career – creeps up on you

And surprises you.

 For instance

You find yourself saying new lines, like

‘Everything looks a bit blurry’

‘Why do my legs hurt me?’

‘Why do my arms have flabby bits?’

‘Why can’t I run any more?’

‘Why do people speak so quietly?’

‘Why is my iPad such a mystery?’

(even though my six-year-old Grandson has shown me how to work it ‘ten’ times)

And ‘why do people hide my house keys?’

 Also you suppose this New career (Growing Old) is going to

Have a long run, but

Showbusiness being what it is

It could come to a sudden end

(but perhaps best not to think about that).

 Anyway - if it does run -

You hope the notices are ‘good’

Critics might say ‘you look good for your age’

But - this is not the role you’d chosen to play.

Anyway it seems you’re stuck with it

And let's face it you have been rehearsing for it for many years!

 When you think about it 

There’s a bit of ‘Agatha Christie’ about

This new part - for instance

Skirts hanging in the wardrobe

Suddenly get smaller

Round the waist -

Something mysterious changes

The colour of your hair

Chairs try and hold on to you - so that

You can’t get out of them

 Why is print smaller?

Why do you look forward

to a hot water bottle at night?

(that’s definitely climate change)

Also, what is filling your body with liquid –

So that you have to pee all night?

(This definitely needs more research).

 Your new career

‘Being Old’

Has a long list of questions

Surrounding it - to be

Honest – the part is not

Really very well written –

And doesn’t have much

Appeal – ( no wonder Judi Dench turned it down).

 You ask yourself

Is the character you

Are now going to play

Wiser? – no – I don’t think so

Funnier? Only unintentionally

Like – when you forget

Where you’re going – or

Throw your arms round

The plumber, because

You thought he was your

Friend's husband, come

Round because he’d

Found your glasses.

 Anyway, how long you’ll be

Playing this part

(You don’t want to play)

You’ve no idea.

 You don’t feel the

Rehearsals have been

‘long enough’.

 Some of the cast

(the even older members

Have already left the

Production) – 

 You miss them.

So – this is a step

into the unknown

in your ‘new career’

a new part to play.

 Will it have a ‘long run’?

Who knows

But there you go

‘That’s Showbusiness’

So – Here we are.

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Saudade

Join us on a rhythmic journey through the history of one of the most iconic genres of music... JAZZ! Susie and Gyles dive deep into the origins and evolution of the term that defines a genre full of creativity, spontaneity, and soul.

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Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: 

Pelagic: Concerning the seas.

Galumptious: Tiptop; first rate.

Pursive: Short-winded.

Gyles' poem this week was 'To Dream In Jazz'

To Dream in Jazz,

Is to become Jazz,

Close your eyes and listen,

Go to where Jazz becomes life

When your eyes reopen,

You'll become Jazz,

Your words will sing the blues.

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Pizzicato

What do Humpty Dumpty, Contrary Mary, and Baa Baa Black Sheep all have in common? Well, you might think twice about reading them as bedtime stories, I’m afraid. This week, Gyles and Susie are delving into those centuries old Nursery Rhymes to uncover their - often sinister - meanings and possible origins. Expect ‘silver bells and cockleshells’ to sound less like gardening utensils and more like instruments of torture, and be prepared to have that image as Humpty Dumpty as an egg dispelled forever. If you would like to get in touch to share your favourite Nursery Rhymes with Susie and Gyles or debate any of the many origin stories linked with the Nursery Rhymes discussed today, please do get in touch at… purple@somethinelse.com A Somethin’ Else production. Susie’s Trio: Dispester - to get rid of a nuisance Fornale - to spend money before you have it Avidulous - somewhat greedy.
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