Bunny Trails: A Word History Podcast

This week Shauna and Dan get near the bottom of this elusive phrase. Bob's Your Uncle has several origin stories, but there's always been a missing link between the most popular story and the first time it could be verified in print. Well, until now. Check out this breaking news in the world of 130-year-old phrases! #BunnyTrails Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

From Aesop's Fables to the Bible, Shauna and Dan look at how A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing made it into English and how we still use it today. Along the way, we learn Dan believes in aliens, mostly cause as Shauna says, "Space: There's a lot of it." Bonus: Dan mixes up baby bears and baby wolves for no apparent reason. Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Shauna and Dan return from Chicago armed with numerous parts of what newspaperman Mike Ryoko called "Chicagoese". We take a good look at the origins of Calling Dibs before doing snippets of other words and phrases like Ferris Wheel, Jinx, Pipe Dream, and more. Bonus: Dan wishes he knew I-290 was gonna be called the Eisenhower. It would have saved him so many headaches. More bonuses: Italian Beef, Hot Dogs, and Gluten Free Donuts. Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Shauna and Dan take a stand! Okay, not really. But they do explore the origins and history surrounding the phrase "Change Your Tune", which starts with CHANGE relating to behaviors since the 1300s! Bonus - An 1894 newspaper out of Arizona might have the coolest name ever. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

This week Shauna and Dan ponder whether or not we are all in the same boat. We find a plethora of amazing resources to track this phrase from its entry to English in the early 1600s and its steadfast definitions through today. Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

This week Shauna and Dan learn the UK version "Put Your Foot in It" came before the US version "Put Your Foot in Your Mouth". Which calls in to question... if "it" wasn't mouth... what was it? We may never know. But we do have fun with the history of this phrase and the cool and sometimes gross ways it's been used over the years. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Shauna and Dan join the circus, become one-trick ponies, then move to a variety of song and dance numbers before settling on futuristic robots and Dungeons and Dragons characters. It'll all make sense if you listen to the show. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Shauna and Dan join the circus, become one-trick ponies, then move to a variety of song and dance numbers before settling on futuristic robots and Dungeons and Dragons characters. It'll all make sense if you listen to the show. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

This week Shauna and Dan see how confused they can make the other one with the phrase Muddy the Waters. From camels to Nietzsche, Fatboy to Mary Wollstonecraft, and Aesop to a Blues legend, this phrase can be found in many places. Bonus: Dan thinks about feudalism. Hoorah. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Dan gets an earworm and it turns into an entire episode on the phrase, "Pardon My French". Cause that's how it goes sometimes. This week our phrase moves from the early 1800s literal usage to a current way to excuse bad language, with plenty of high points along the way. #BunnyTrails Copyright 2021 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved