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Beginnings and Endings

You're Saying It Wrong by KMUW

Mar 7, 202632:23Comedy

We look at how a tiny little prefix or suffix can completely change the meaning of a word. Or how it could do nothing at all!

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Beginnings and Endings is an episode from You're Saying It Wrong by KMUW. We look at how a tiny little prefix or suffix can completely change the meaning of a word. Or how it could do nothing at all! The episode was published on Mar 7, 2026...

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