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Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 2 - 14/07/18

Jul 14, 201846 min
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Episode description

James Croot previews the must-see dramatic offerings from this years New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF). Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. He joins Graeme Hill to banter over the origin of words and their meaning. This week Max gives us a look at why are cigarettes sometimes called durries? He also takes a gander at the origin of Upper & lower case, and why do we say "no room to swing a cat"? Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.
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