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The Language of Time

By Kyle Kellams

Published February 7, 2023 at 3:58 PM CST

Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, examines colloquial units of time like Jiffy and Blue Moon.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>

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