Why do auctioneers talk so fast? Martha and Grant discuss the rapid-fire speech of auctioneers , and how it gets you to bid higher. Also, why so many books have ridiculously long titles , where you'd have sonker for dessert, and an appreciation of that children's classic, " The Phantom Tollbooth ." Plus, "different from" vs. "different than," the origin of suss out , words that apparently entered English in 1937 , and the many names for those little gray bugs that roll up into a ball. See the full show notes at A Way with Words .
