[This episode first aird March 13, 2010.]When it comes to joining Facebook affinity groups, grammar lovers have lots of choices. Take, for example, the group whose motto is Punctuation saves lives. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lets-eat-Grandma-or-Lets-eat-Grandma-Punctuation-saves-lives/276265851258 It's called  Let's Eat Grandma!'" or "Let's eat, Grandma! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lets-eat-Grandma-or-Lets-eat-Grandma-Punctuation-saves-lives/276265851258 Martha and Grant talk about their favorite tongue-in-cheek "Facebook groups for grammar lovers." Also this week: when to use "apostrophes," whether to distinguish between "bring and take," and the "difference between a murphy and a wedgie."Martha and Grant share some favorite Facebook groups:Ambrose Bierce was the baddest-ass lexicographer who ever lived.http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=I+judge+you+when+you+use+poor+grammar&init=quick#!/group.php?gid=2209136261&ref=tsI judge you when you use poor grammar.http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209553478&ref=search&sid=730080987.3196765532..1 I judge you when you call acceptable usage 'poor grammar.'http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=punctuation+saves+lives&init=quick#!/group.php?gid=44033721482&ref=tsWhat are grammar? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=272109356251&ref=search&sid=730080987.1532898575..1#!/group.php?v=wall&ref=search&gid=272109356251People Who Always Have To Spell Their Names For Other People http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=what+are+grammar&init=quick#!/group.php?gid=2221197812&ref=tsOf course, you can also find "A Way with Words" on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/#!/waywordradio?ref=ts.Ever notice how you can sing the lyrics of "Amazing Grace" to the theme from "Gilligan's Island" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WbnDN14tw8 -- or for that matter, to The House of the Rising Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDE4URgxVas? Turns out there are many more examples of this. Is there a word for this musical phenomenon? (Did you know Garrison Keillor can sing "Amazing Grace" to theme song of "The Mickey Mouse Club" http://www.publicradio.org/columns/prairiehome/posthost/2008/05/01/amazing_grace.php.)A Connecticut listener says her Generation Y friends make fun of her when she describes something happening in "fits and starts." Is it that antiquated a phrase? Where does it come from, anyway?Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a quiz about famous trios. Try this one: "Steve Martin, Martin Short, and ___________?"If someone gives you "crazy props or mad props," they're congratulating you. A Chicago college student wants to know what props means in this context.What's the difference between "bring and take"?When someone grabs your underwear from behind and gives it a good, vertical yank, it's called a "wedgie." A caller knows that term, but wonders whether and "how a wedgie differs from a murphy or a melvin."Grant quizzes Martha about the meaning of several rhyming verb and noun phrases: "cuff and stuff," the "cherries and blueberries," "chew and screw," "eat it and beat it," and "flap and zap."A Lawrenceville, Georgia, woman wonders: If chalkboards go the way of the buggy whip, what simile will replace the expression nails on a chalkboard?Grant answers a listener's email question about the meaning of the musical phrase "chicky-wah-wah."A caller from Veroqua, Wisconsin, is fascinated by "hoarfrost" and wonders about the origin of its name. Grant explains its relation to the English term hoary.The mother of a boy named Hendrix wonders how to punctuate the possessive of his name.Should she add an apostrophe or apostrophe with an "s"? Hendrix' or Hendrix's?"A Way with Words" is supported by its listeners. Donate today! http://www.waywordradio.org/donate--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2011, Wayword LLC.