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  • The Story of English in 100 Words

  • Written by: David Crystal
  • Narrated by: David Crystal
  • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences, and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ("roe", in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ("loaf") to cutting edge ("twittersphere"), and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ("and", "what") to the more fanciful ("fopdoodle"), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure, and the downright surprising.
©2011 David Crystal (P)2012 AudioGO
Social Sciences Education & Learning World
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Excellent

This book was overall very interesting. it was also very funny and informative. I would recommend.

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