Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English - Part 9

This week's Saturday Learning Series features the final episode of the Story of English - Next Year's Words.  While this series was produced years ago, it tries to map the future evolution of our language.  An interesting watch.

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Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English Part 8

Saturday Learning Series continues with this episode of The Story of English, called The Loaded Weapon. The episode looks at the influence of Irish Gaelic on the English language in Ireland and the cultural and political differences between Ireland and England.

Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English - Part 7

The Saturday Learning Series continues with The Story of English looking at how the Cokney accent impacted the development of the Australian and New Zealand accents.


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Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English - Part 6

This episode of the Saturday Learning Series is part 6 of the Story of English called Pioneers O Pioneers. It focuses on the development of American English.



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Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English - Part 5

The Saturday Learning Series is all about educating ourselves on just about anything, science, history, linguistics - anything. The continuing Story of English is today's focus, entitled Black on White, focuses on Black English and it's influence on today's English.

A timely episode, considering this is Black History Month.



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Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English - Part 4

Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English continues with Part 4, The Guid Scots Tongue. Test your understanding of the Scottish version of English. But don't hurt your brain trying.



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Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English - Part 3

Saturday Learning Series continuation of the Story of English.  This is part 3 in the series.  Click the link for the first two parts.

Other great series by James Burke and Milton Friedman can be found among the Saturday Learning Series items.



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Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English (2)

Last Saturday was the first episode of The Story of English - a history of the language we share. This weekend, the story continues with episode 2.



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Saturday Learning Series - The Story of English

More history this weekend. Don't think of learning as a chore, but rather a joy, and a useful one at that. Today, the first part of the BBC series on the history of the English language and it's development. The Story of English episode one, - "An English Speaking World".



Never forget, history is a tool to build the future upon.

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