The Spoken History of a Global Language
Curated by: History of English Podcast (203 videos)
During the first decade of the reign of Elizabeth I, Protestants in Scotland and the Netherlands rebelled against the Catholic authorities who controlled those countries. Those rebellions were supported by England, and eventually Scotland and the Netherlands joined England as Protestant countries. In this episode, we’ll explore how those developments shaped the languages in all three regions, including the decline of Scots and the continued borrowing of Dutch loanwords into English. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 157 (https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/HOE-Transcript-Episode157.pdf)