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Speaker 1: One of the biggest shows on television is NBC's The Voice.

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I've been blessed with the opportunity to share conversations with

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those that have participated since twenty sixteen. Where can you

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get them? Arrow dot net, a Roe dot Net. Look

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for the podcast that's titled That Voice. Those Old Saints.

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You know, phrases, idioms, those things your family and friends

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usually said, and it came from out of nowhere, and

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only sometimes it actually made sense. Well, they had to

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start somewhere, right, Who, what, where, why, when? And how?

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Some of those old saints are not only ancient, but

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still carry a powerful punch even today. In fact, I

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live by one of those old saints. Winning is a choice.

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The goal of these episodes is to help preserve not

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only a language, but lessons in life. My name is

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Arrow easy as Pie. I mean, who hasn't been caught

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telling somebody, oh, come on, no sweat, that should be

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easy as Pie. It's actually not as old as what

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you might think. It's looked upon as being American English

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nineteenth century and it has absolutely nothing to do with

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making a pie, but rather eating the pie. Pies have

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always been looked upon as being a symbol of comfort

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as well as pleasure. When the people of the eighteen

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hundred said it's as easy as pie, it meant pies

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make us very happy, which inspires me to ask somebody today, So,

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if it's as easy as pie, go ahead and tell

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me when was the last time you had a slice

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of pie? What was the flavor of that pie? If

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they can't answer it, should we call them out? Do

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you really know what you're physically saying? I mean, it

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truly is American slang that's being used almost incorrectly every day.

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If it's as easy as pie, was it chicken pot pie?

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Was it Shepherd's pie? I mean, come on, name your pie.

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In England they use a different phrase. They don't say pie.

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They say, oh, it's as easy as a piece of cake.

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In short, it really means something that is simple and

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in enjoyable, which I totally grass. But now that you

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know how to react to somebody who says, oh, man,

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that's easy as pie, do your chores, do your job?

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Easy as pie? Really, when was the last time you

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had pie? Then watch where the conversation grows. Hi'm Meryl,

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And that's something our parents would say