The Fighting Kewpies, Un-hunh! (rebroadcast) - 28 June 2010

<div>[This episode first aired December 5, 2009.]</div><div><br></div><div>In high school, no one thinks twice about cheering for the Fighting Trojans or the Tigers. But what about the Hickman Kewpies http://service.columbia.k12.mo.us/hhs/about/? Or the Maryville Spoofhounds http://www.maryville.k12.mo.us/? Martha and Grant talk about some of the odder names for school athletic teams. Also, in this episode: If you're queasy, are you "nauseous" or "nauseated"? How do you pronounce the word "sorry"? And why do conservative Democrats call themselves "Blue Dogs"?</div><div><br></div><div>Grant and Martha discuss strange names for high school sports teams. Know another example? Talk about it in the forum http://www.waywordradio.org/discussion/.</div><div><br></div><div>How do you pronounce the word "sorry"? SORE-ee? SAHR-ee? A Connecticut woman says her family pronounces this word four different ways, and is hoping her way is correct.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a name for those vocal sound we make when shrugging our shoulders or wordlessly affirming something with an "mm-hm"? </div><div><br></div><div>Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle called "There's An App For That." The challenge is to guess what new word is formed by tacking the letters A-P-P on to another one. For example, what new word appears when you add A-P-P to the word that means "a soothing balm or salve." </div><div><br></div><div>How'd we get the term "colorblind," and when it did come to be mean "indifferent to race"? </div><div><br></div><div>"Really???" Really! A college student in Provo, Utah, says he's hearing this expression of sarcastic incredulity more and more&#8212;even catching himself saying this to his cellphone when it dropped a call. He suspects it comes from "Saturday Night Live." Does it? Really? Here's a <href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/13828/saturday-night-live-really-with-seth-and-amy">great example</a> of that show's use of the expression. </div><div><br></div><div>A Connecticut cop says his dad, a retired professor of Englis