Don't Give Me Any of That Flannel Minicast - 5 Aug. 2009

The English language has no shortage of words that mean nonsensical talk, including one that's piqued a listener's curiosity: How did flannel come to mean 'empty chatter' or 'hot air,' as in 'Don't give me any of that flannel!'?<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:<br/><br/>Email: words@waywordradio.org<br/><br/>Phone: <br/>United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673<br/>London +44 20 7193 2113<br/>Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771<br/><br/>Site: http://waywordradio.org.<br/>Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/<br/>Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/<br/>Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/<br/>Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/<br/>Skype: skype://waywordradio <br/><br/>Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.<br/><br/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?i=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?i=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?i=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.waywordradio.org/~ff/awwwpodcast?a=qebk8ha4dqY:uujcwUZbnfw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/awwwpodcast?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http:/