My Word - Series 23 Omnibus (Part Two)

Five more episodes of the twenty-third series of the BBC Radio Four comedy panel show My Word, originally broadcast in late 1972, featuring Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Dilys Powell and Anne Scott-James with host Jack Longland.

0:00 - Series 23 Episode 6, 5th November 1972
Definitions: Antipasto, Knout, Hoplite, Apparatchik
Odd One Out: Palomino, Pomeranian, Griffon, Schipperke; Aurignacian, Albigensian, Pelagian, Aryan; Blancmange, Blanc De Blancs, Crème Brûlée, Crêpe Suzette; Nebula, Pulsar, Durbar, Quasar
Old: Glory, Dominion, Man Of The Mountains, Bill
Shakespearean Rulers: Orsino; Juliet's Betrothed; Theseus & His Betrothed; Thane of Fife & His Wife
Phrases: "Even lovers find their peace at last...", "Make me an offer..."

24:48 - Series 23 Episode 7, 12th November 1972
Definitions: Demiurge, Gigmanity, Gromwell, Hype
Inside-Out Definitions: A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people; having a choice of two temptations, you choose the one that will get you home earlier; a woman's hairnet tangled in a man's spectacles on top of the bedroom dresser; a substitute to remind the star that the show can go on without him
Origins: White Night, Borough English, Woolsack, Vinland
Phrases: "A rose-red city half as old as time...", "De mortuis nil nisi bunkum..."

49:40 - Series 23 Episode 8, 19th November 1972
Definitions: Congé, Fougasse, Brambling, Scaup
Author Of The Week: Far From Gruntled, Year Of Birth & Forenames, The Titular Character's Forename & Club, Favourite Peer & His Obsessions
Colloquialisms: Kissing Crust, Hotel Warming Pan, John Company, Indescribables/Inexpressibles
Phrases: "Where are the snows of yesteryear...", "I feel no pain, dear mother, now..."

1:17:00 - Series 23 Episode 9, 26th November 1972
Definitions: Wombling, Gaspergou, Pollywog, Gyrovague
Obsolete Sayings: Muffled cats catch no mice, the bishop has put his foot in it, hear as a hog in harvest time, never wear a brown hat in Friesland
Odd One Out: Bilge, Brace, Bobbin, Bunt, Boom; Quebec, November, Whiskey, Foxtrot, Sugar; Stifle, Croup, Skillet, Gaskin, Coronet; Mrs Sam McGredy, Galway Bay, Lili Marlene, Nelly Moser, Parkdirektor Riggers
Phrases: "The time is out of joint...", "Remember that time is money..."

1:42:00 - Series 23 Episode 10, 3rd December 1972
Definitions: Expergefaction, Borborygm, Harpress, Haboob
Collective Nouns: Kindle, Fesnyng, Sleuth, Charm
Deaths: Aeschylus, Francis Bacon, Edward IV’s Brother George, Belle Elmore
Phrases: "It’s a long lane that has no turning...", "A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse..."