The History of English Podcast
The Spoken History of a Global Language
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History of English Podcast (203 videos)
Tracks in this Playlist
Episode 190: Union, Division and Unusual U
Episode 189: Stressed Out
Episode 188: Old England and New England
Episode 187: Islands and Sea
Episode 186: A Dutch Treat
Episode 185: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 2)
Episode 184: Spelling Says a Lot (Part 1)
Episode 183: The Fabric of Our Lives
Episode 182: World of Confusion
Episode 181: Heaven and Earth
Episode 181: Heaven and Earth
Episode 180: English on the Move
Episode 179: Defining Moments
Episode 178: Much Ado About Hamlet
Episode 177: Dressed for Success
Episode 176: All the World’s a Playhouse
Episode 175: The English of Romeo and Juliet
Episode 174: Speak and Spell
Episode 173: Fooling Around
Episode 172: Succession
Episode 171: Shakespeare’s English (featuring Ben Crystal)
Episode 170: Printers, Plague and Poets
Episode 169: Shakespeare Documented
Episode 168: Witches, Demons and Fairies
Episode 167: The Rhythm of English
Bonus Episode: Rise and Fall of the Classic Movie Accent
Episode 166: The Arte of Warre
Episode 165: Glamorous Grammar
Episode 164: Somewhere in the Middle
Episode 163: An Elementary Education
Episode 162: The Pirate Queen
Episode 161: Y U and I Have a Problem
Episode 160: Approximant-ly English
Episode 159: Elizabethan Voices
Episode 158: Planting Seeds
Episode 157: Highlands, Lowlands and Netherlands
Episode 156: Beggars, Cheats and Thieves
Episode 155: Back to Basics
Episode 154: English Equality
Episode 153: Zombie Letters
Episode 152: As the Saying Goes
Episode 151: Sick to Death
Episode 150: A Capital Offense
Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Episode 148: A Marital Union
Episode 147: A Rude and Rusty Language
Episode 146: A Brand New World
Episode 145: A Sea Change for Europe
Episode 144: A Murder of Crows and Princes
Bonus Episode: Chaucer’s Purse and the Great Vowel Shift
Episode 143: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 3)
Episode 142: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 2)
Episode 141: The Great Vowel Shift (Part 1)
Episode 140: You Say ‘To-may-to’
Episode 139: The Business of Printing
Episode 138: Family Matters
Episode 137: A Rose By Any Other Name
Episode 136: The Real Robin Hood
Bonus Episode: Stay at Home Edition
Episode 135: A House of Cards
Episode 134: A Lancastrian Standard
Episode 133: Breaking Bread With Companions
Episode 132: Food for Thought
Episode 131: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Episode 130: Dialect Dialogues
Episode 129: Chaucer’s Vulgar Tongue [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
Bonus Episode: The Life of Guy – An Interview with Allan Metcalf
Episode 128: The Canterbury Tellers
Episode 127: The Road to Canterbury
Episode 126: A New Turn of Phrase
Episode 125: The First English Bible
Episode 124: Piers Plowman and the Peasant Revolt
Episode 123: A Material Change
Episode 122: The Name of the Game
Episode 121: English Ascent
Episode 120: The End of the World
Episode 119: The Road to War
Bonus Episode: Regarding English (Sound Education Conference Talk)
Episode 118: Trade Names
Episode 117: What’s In a Name?
Episode 116: The Celtic Fringe
Episode 115: The Measure of a Person
Episode 114: The Craft of Numbering
Episode 113: A Zouthern Accent
Episode 112: Northern Messenger
Episode 111: Laying Down the Law
Episode 110: Dyed In the Wool
Episode 109: The Romantic Warriors
Episode 108: On the Move
Episode 107: Parlez-Vous Anglais?
Episode 106: An Illuminating Development
Episode 105: Suffix Summary
Episode 104: Prefix Preferences
Episode 103: Solitary Confinement
Episode 102: A Medieval Glossary
Episode 101: The Birth of English Song
Episode 100: Decoding English
Episode 99: The Second French Invasion
Episode 98: The Great Debates
Episode 97: Let’s Put It In Writing