Arroe Collins Something Our Parents Would Say
by Arroe Collins · 122 episodes
ComedyHistoryEducation
Those strange weird things that family and friends share. They usually blurt it out when you least expect it. What we don't know is that many of these old sayings, phrases and idioms actually came to us decades and centuries ago. Preserving language is my number one goal. Something Our Parents Would Say.
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