Review of Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - Could have been

Could have been a lot better

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“The concept is absolutely wonderful but the presentation leaves a lot to be desired. Even if you add the episodes into a playlist it does not play smoothly one after the other, you have to actively start every single episode. That's just fine for podcasts with a length of 20 minutes or more, but as these segments are between 1:40 and 2:30 it gets very tedious. I can tune out the jazzy intro and ending, but as their combined length is 55 seconds it adds up to almost 50% of an average clip. This combined with the playlist issue above makes it more fit for listening in iTunes rather than on an iPod, which makes the statement "If it's on your Ipod it is always with you" a joke. To be honest, most times I just read the podcast information as it is almost a verbatim copy of the podcast, sans all the annoying parts.”Read full review »

Håkan Archer via Apple Podcasts · Sweden · 07/15/07

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not really worth it

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“this podcast is 40% advertisments, 10% super annoying music and 50% content If I wanted to hear loud jazz music I'd listen to jazz music.”Read full review »

Barracuda535 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/29/11

just skip the music

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“A lot of reviewers have complained about the introductory and closing music...just skip it! All you have to do is find the 19 second mark on the iTunes display and click it, listen to the word, and then just close the podcast out before the closing music. Then you have a great 45 second lesson...”Read full review »

crashman1203 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 03/27/07

Educational, Useful, Informative

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“Great way to expand your vocabulary or at least learn word origin and proper use”

mxn2nr via · 01/08/14

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