MEGAN BASHAM, HOST: Today is Friday, September 19th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Megan Basham. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. The English language owes a debt to a language I’d never heard of until I hiked the Andes Mountains in Peru a few years back. 

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Friday, August 23rd. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. English speakers owe a great debt to the Greek language. WORLD Radio’s George Grant tells why on the August edition of Word Play.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Friday, July 19th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Mary Reichard. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Well, it’s time now to George our brains.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Friday, June 21st. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. Before we get into Word Play today, I just want to say how much I agreed with George Grant—right up toward the beginning of the...

MEGAN BASHAM, HOST: Today is Friday, April 17th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Megan Basham. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Speaking of names, our George Grant is going to tell us about names that take on whole new meanings over time.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Friday, March 15th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. You know, Nick, people don’t speak as plainly as they ought to.

NICK EICHER, HOST: Today is Friday, February 15th. Good morning! Thank y’all for listening to The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Nick Eicher. MARY REICHARD, HOST: And I’m Mary Reichard. You know what’s coming next, don’t ya?

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Next up on The World and Everything in It: Word Play with George Grant.