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The word guru

Broadcast: Midmorning, 10/30/2009, 10:06 a.m.

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University of Minnesota etymology expert Anatoly Liberman joins Midmorning to talk about odd spellings, and the words we love just a little too much.

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  • Anatoly Liberman: Professor in the Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. His latest book, "An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology," came out in March.

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