Chrysti the Wordsmith
{{Short description|Etymologically focused radio show}}
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Chrysti the Wordsmith is a radio program about word origins and meanings, produced at KGLT in Bozeman, Montana. The two-minute show is written and narrated by Chrysti M. Smith, who is also known as Chrysti the Wordsmith.
Radio program
The program began in 1990 and about 3,000 episodes have been recorded. It airs five days per week on some stations. It is carried by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, as well as on the Armed Forces Network.{{cite web|last1=Becker|first1=Michael|title=Word has it|url=http://www.montana.edu/mountainsandminds/article.php?article=11212&origin=news|website=Mountains & Minds, The Montana State University Magazine|accessdate=September 14, 2016|date=April 30, 2012}} T
Words covered include those with origins in antiquity such as titanium, and modern words, such as squeaky clean and chillax.{{cite news|last1=Ferguson|first1=Mike|title=Chrysti the Wordsmith dives deep into the history of words|url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/chrysti-the-wordsmith-dives-deep-into-the-history-of-words/article_a6115908-1e97-5cc9-89e5-5f792885f881.html|accessdate=September 14, 2016|publisher=Billings Gazette|date=May 21, 2015}}
Philip Gaines, English professor at Montana State University, is the script editor for the program.{{cite web|title=Chrysti the Wordsmith (blog)|url=http://wordsmithradio.org/about/bios/|website=Biographies|accessdate=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606104551/http://wordsmithradio.org/about/bios/|archive-date=June 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}
Chrysti M. Smith
Smith was born on October 27, 1956, to Carol Gorton Smith and Edward "Bud" Smith.{{cite news|title=Carol Christine ((Gorton)) Smith (1927 - 2013)|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=168535669|accessdate=October 22, 2016|publisher=Bozeman Daily Chronicle|date=December 15, 2013}} She was raised on a farm in northeastern Montana, near Poplar. After graduation from high school in 1974, she lived in North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas for a decade before returning to Montana to attend Montana State University. Smith initiated the radio series Chrysti the Wordsmith as an undergraduate at MSU. In 1995, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology/Anthropology. Smith is a professional narrator working in television, documentary film, public service announcements, and radio advertisements.{{cite web|title=Chrysti the Wordsmith|url=https://www.distinctlymontana.com/montanans-chrysti-the-wordsmith|website=Distinctly Montana|accessdate=September 14, 2016|date=June 22, 2016}}
She has published two books:
- Verbivore’s Feast: A Banquet of Word and Phrase Origins from Chrysti the Wordsmith. 2003, Farcountry Press
- Verbivore's Feast, Second Course, More Word & Phrase Origins from Chrysti the Wordsmith. 2006, Farcountry Press
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news|last1=Lincoln|first1=Marga|title=Great Conversations: The linguistic skewering of lefties throughout history -- with Chrysti the Wordsmith|url=http://helenair.com/helena/great-conversations-the-linguistic-skewering-of-lefties-throughout-history-/article_0c527c02-62e0-5603-b937-7d75a6b986ac.html|accessdate=October 22, 2016|publisher=Helena Independent Record|date=November 18, 2015}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160610122901/http://wordsmithradio.org/category/shows/ Blog and archive]
- [http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_309-41zcrpcv "Chrysti The Wordsmith: Clean as a Whistle”], KGLT, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., accessed September 14, 2016. Accessible onsite or, in the US only, online.
Category:1990s American radio programs