English Etymology History

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    • By: David Crystal
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Series: Little Histories Series
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 08-09-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant....

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    • The Untold History of English
    • By: John McWhorter
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 11-03-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4,041 ratings
    • A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....

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    • English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
    • By: John McWhorter
    • Narrated by: John McWhorter
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 05-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 983 ratings
    • Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....

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    • How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English
    • By: Rosemarie Ostler
    • Narrated by: Erin Bennett
    • Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Splendiferous Speech explores the main sources of the American vernacular - the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the pages of popular 19th-century newspapers. It's a process that started with the earliest English colonists and is still going strong....

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    • A Day in the Life of the English Language
    • By: Simon Horobin
    • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 04-14-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Simon Horobin takes the listener on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories....

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    • By: David Crystal
    • Narrated by: David Crystal
    • Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 275 ratings
    • In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure, and the downright surprising....

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    • Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder
    • By: Susie Dent
    • Narrated by: Susie Dent
    • Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • There are real words to pinpoint exactly how you feel and Susie Dent, Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner and lexicographer extraordinaire, is going to help you find them....

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    • A Journey Through the English Language
    • By: Paul Anthony Jones
    • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 09-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is a must-listen for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world - if you know where to look....

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    • A History of Football Terminology
    • By: Timothy P. Brown
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Release date: 09-21-24
    • Language: English
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    • Hut! Hut! Hike! explores the history of football terminology by examining when and why more than 400 familiar words and expressions entered the ...

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    • A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
    • By: Christopher Stevens
    • Narrated by: Michael Healy
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 11-15-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue....

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    • A History of Linguistic Aggravation
    • By: Ammon Shea
    • Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
    • Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-19-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the audiobook chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes....

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    • The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park
    • By: Jack Lynch
    • Narrated by: Anthony Gettig
    • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 03-21-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers - those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak....

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    • The Delightful History of Food Language
    • By: Judith Tschann
    • Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso
    • Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • In Romaine Wasn’t Built in a Day, linguist Tschann takes us on a journey from the vineyards of Avignon to the shores of Tahiti to the port of Mocha on the Red Sea coast to explore the history of the history of the words we use for the food we eat....

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    • An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words
    • By: Phil Cousineau
    • Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
    • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-23-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • By exploring the delightful back stories of the 250 words in Wordcatcher, listeners will be lured by language and entangled in etymologies....

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    • My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate
    • By: Martin Puchner
    • Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 11-26-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were wiz (in the know). This hybrid language, dubbed Rotwelsch, facilitated survival for people in flight - whether escaping persecution or just down on their luck....

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    • Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
    • By: Jabari Asim
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis
    • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 309 ratings
    • In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet....

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    • Explore the Origins of State Names, Nicknames and State Capitals of All 50 States While Enhancing Your Critical Thinking
    • By: Arman Diaz
    • Narrated by: Sera Champman
    • Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 07-31-23
    • Language: English
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    • Looking for a unique and engaging way to teach yourself and your kids about the intriguing history and origins of the names of the 50 States? Look no further than this book....

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    • A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins
    • By: Phil Cousineau
    • Narrated by: Marlin May
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-27-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • To untangle the knot of interlocking meanings of these painted words, logophile and mythologist Phil Cousineau begins each fascinating word entry with his own brief definition....

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    • Five Foods and the Culinary History of the English Language
    • By: Ina Lipkowitz
    • Narrated by: Carolyn Cook
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-13
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • You may be what you eat, but you're also what you speak, and English food words tell a remarkable story about the evolution of our language and culinary history....

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    • By: Ralph Keyes
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 07-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Engaging, illuminating, and authoritative, Ralph Keyes' The Hidden History of Coined Words explores the etymological underworld of terms and expressions and uncovers plenty of hidden gems....

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