English Etymology History

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    • De: David Crystal
    • Narrado por: Derek Perkins
    • Serie: Little Histories Series
    • Duración: 7 h y 22 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-09-12
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 57 calificaciones
    • 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
    • De: John McWhorter
    • Narrado por: John McWhorter
    • Duración: 5 h y 22 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-03-09
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4,045 calificaciones
    • A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....

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    • De: Andrew Kee
    • Narrado por: Virtual Voice
    • Duración: 3 h y 6 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 05-09-25
    • Idioma: Inglés
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    • Discover the fascinating stories behind the words you use every day. Have you ever wondered where words like "serendipity," "quarantine," or "...

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    • A Day in the Life of the English Language
    • De: Simon Horobin
    • Narrado por: Shaun Grindell
    • Duración: 7 h y 1 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-14-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 calificaciones
    • 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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    • English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
    • De: John McWhorter
    • Narrado por: John McWhorter
    • Duración: 6 h y 52 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 05-04-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 983 calificaciones
    • 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
    • De: Rosemarie Ostler
    • Narrado por: Erin Bennett
    • Duración: 8 h y 54 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-27-18
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 calificación
    • 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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    • De: David Crystal
    • Narrado por: David Crystal
    • Duración: 7 h y 56 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 09-01-12
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 277 calificaciones
    • 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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    • A Journey Through the English Language
    • De: Paul Anthony Jones
    • Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
    • Duración: 7 h y 22 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 09-01-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 calificaciones
    • 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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    • Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder
    • De: Susie Dent
    • Narrado por: Susie Dent
    • Duración: 10 h y 32 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 10-13-22
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 calificaciones
    • 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 Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
    • De: Christopher Stevens
    • Narrado por: Michael Healy
    • Duración: 9 h y 22 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-15-15
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 50 calificaciones
    • Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue....

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    • A History of Football Terminology
    • De: Timothy P. Brown
    • Narrado por: Virtual Voice
    • Duración: 6 h
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 09-21-24
    • Idioma: Inglés
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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 History of Linguistic Aggravation
    • De: Ammon Shea
    • Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
    • Duración: 7 h y 21 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-19-14
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 42 calificaciones
    • 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
    • De: Jack Lynch
    • Narrado por: Anthony Gettig
    • Duración: 10 h y 3 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 03-21-13
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 calificaciones
    • 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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    • Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
    • De: Jabari Asim
    • Narrado por: Mirron Willis
    • Duración: 9 h y 24 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-26-07
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 310 calificaciones
    • In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet....

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    • My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate
    • De: Martin Puchner
    • Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
    • Duración: 7 h y 28 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-26-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 calificaciones
    • 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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    • An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words
    • De: Phil Cousineau
    • Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
    • Duración: 7 h y 13 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-23-11
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 27 calificaciones
    • 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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    • The History, Psychology and Evolution Through the Media of Everything Profane, Explicit, and Blasphemous
    • De: Toby Verde
    • Narrado por: Elizabeth Castrogiovanni
    • Duración: 2 h y 20 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 02-06-24
    • Idioma: Inglés
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    • A history and examination of cursing, swearing, whatever you want to effing call it....

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    • A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins
    • De: Phil Cousineau
    • Narrado por: Marlin May
    • Duración: 10 h y 19 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 03-27-13
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 11 calificaciones
    • 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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    • The Delightful History of Food Language
    • De: Judith Tschann
    • Narrado por: Alejandra Reynoso
    • Duración: 3 h y 48 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 02-21-23
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 calificaciones
    • 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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    • De: Ralph Keyes
    • Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
    • Duración: 13 h y 2 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 07-13-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 calificaciones
    • 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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