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Around the World in 80 Words
- A Journey Through the English Language
- Written by: Paul Anthony Jones
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Around the World in 80 Words
- A Journey Through the English Language
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 01-09-20
- Language: English
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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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Wordwatching
- Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist
- Written by: Julian Burnside
- Narrated by: James Millar
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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A bonzer (p. 288) discussion of the strange but dinkum (p. 289) pedigree (p. 224) of the naughty (p. 202), nice (p. 212), and, sometimes, obscene (p. 217) English language. We live in a torrent of words — from radio and television, books and newspapers, and now from the internet. But, as Julian Burnside reminds us in this new edition of the bestselling Wordwatching, words are a source both of pleasure and power, and can be deployed for good or for ill.
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Wordwatching
- Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist
- Narrated by: James Millar
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release Date: 18-12-14
- Language: English
- A bonzer (p. 288) discussion of the strange but dinkum (p. 289) pedigree (p. 224) of the naughty (p. 202), nice (p. 212), and, sometimes, obscene (p. 217) English language....
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Bagels, Bumf, and Buses
- A Day in the Life of the English Language
- Written by: Simon Horobin
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. 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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Bagels, Bumf, and Buses
- A Day in the Life of the English Language
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release Date: 14-04-20
- Language: English
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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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Written in Stone
- A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
- Written by: Christopher Stevens
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue. First spoken in Stone Age times on the steppes of central Eurasia 6,500 years ago, this mother tongue spread from the shores of the Black Sea across almost all of Europe and much of Asia. It is the genetic basis of everything we speak and write today - the DNA of language.
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Written in Stone
- A Journey Through the Stone Age and the Origins of Modern Language
- Narrated by: Michael Healy
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 15-11-15
- Language: English
- Half the world's population speaks a language that has evolved from a single prehistoric mother tongue....
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The Hidden History of Coined Words
- Written by: Ralph Keyes
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Successful word coinage—those that stay in currency for a good long time—tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely when and where they were first minted. 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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The Hidden History of Coined Words
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Release Date: 13-07-21
- Language: English
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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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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between
- Written by: Patrick Foote
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Explore the world of names: What is something that literally everything in existence has in common? It all has a name! With this audiobook, you can learn the origins of these names. From countries and cities to toys and animals to even planets, learn the etymology of interesting words in a fun and entertaining way. Learn new things: Why is New York called New York? Name Explain has the answer for you.
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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Series: The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Release Date: 30-10-18
- Language: English
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Explore the world of names: What is something that literally everything in existence has in common? It all has a name! With this audiobook, you can learn the origins of these names. From countries and cities to toys and animals to even planets, learn the etymology of interesting words....
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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between
- Volume II
- Written by: Patrick Foote
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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From the person behind the popular YouTube channel NameExplain comes the second volume of his best-selling book The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between. This new book is a fun, interesting, and educational journey through the world of etymology. It covers a huge array of names from a variety of topic areas and includes a bunch of random facts behind the names. From first names, to bodies of water - there's no name big or small, important or obscure that won't be explained.
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The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between
- Volume II
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Series: The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between, Book 2
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release Date: 12-10-21
- Language: English
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From the person behind the popular YouTube channel NameExplain comes the second volume of his best-selling book The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between. This new book is a fun, interesting, and educational journey through the world of etymology....
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- Written by: Amanda Montell
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it’s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language. Drawing on fascinating research, and moving effortlessly between history and pop culture, Montell deconstructs language - from insults and cursing to grammar and pronunciation - to reveal the ways it has been used for centuries to gaslight women and keep them from gaining equality.
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Wordslut
- A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release Date: 06-09-19
- Language: English
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Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it’s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language....
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Landmarks
- Written by: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Landmarks, a fascinating exploration of the relationship between language and landscapes by Robert Macfarlane, read by Roy McMillan. Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place.
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Beautiful book! Wonderful narration!
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Landmarks
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Release Date: 05-03-15
- Language: English
- Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place....
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The Origins of English Words
- A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
- Written by: Joseph Twadell Shipley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown.
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The Origins of English Words
- A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 36 hrs and 35 mins
- Release Date: 25-08-23
- Language: English
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There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence....
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Nine Nasty Words
- English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
- Written by: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech - the urgency with which we say "f--k!" is instead related to the instinct that tells us to flee from danger. 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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Nine Nasty Words
- English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release Date: 04-05-21
- Language: English
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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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Splendiferous Speech
- How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English
- Written by: Rosemarie Ostler
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Splendiferous Speech explores the main sources of the American vernacular - the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the sensation-filled pages of popular 19th-century newspapers. It's a process that started with the earliest English colonists (first word adoption - the Algonquian raccoon) and is still going strong today. Author Rosemarie Ostler takes listeners along on the journey as Americans learn to declare linguistic independence and embrace their own brand of speech.
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Splendiferous Speech
- How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Release Date: 27-11-18
- Language: English
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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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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold History of English
- Written by: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar. Why do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history.
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold History of English
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release Date: 03-11-09
- Language: English
- A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....
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The Adventure of English
- The Biography of a Language
- Written by: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling story of power, religion, and trade, but also the story of people, and how their lives continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
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The Adventure of English
- The Biography of a Language
- Narrated by: Robert Powell
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Release Date: 25-08-05
- Language: English
- This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language....
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The Return of Resentment
- The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion
- Written by: Robert A. Schneider
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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The term "resentment" has dominated US news analysis since November 2016. Despite its increased use, this word seems to defy easy categorization. Does "resentment" describe many interlocking sentiments, or is it just another way of saying "anger"? Does it suggest an irrational grievance, as opposed to a legitimate callout of injustice? Does it imply political leanings, or is it nonpartisan by nature? Robert A. Schneider explores these questions and more, moving from eighteenth-century Britain to the aftermath of the French Revolution to social movements throughout the twentieth century.
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The Return of Resentment
- The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Release Date: 11-04-23
- Language: English
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The term "resentment" has dominated US news analysis since November 2016. Despite its increased use, this word seems to defy easy categorization....
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May We Borrow Your Language?
- How English Steals Words from All Over the World
- Written by: Philip Gooden
- Narrated by: Richard Littledale
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting from centuries of borrowing from other tongues. From the Celtic languages of pre-Roman Britain to Norman French; from the Vikings' Old Scandinavian to Persian, Sanskrit, Algonquian, Cantonese and Hawaiian – amongst a host of others – we have enriched our modern language with such words as tulip, slogan, doolally, avocado, moccasin, ketchup and ukulele.
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May We Borrow Your Language?
- How English Steals Words from All Over the World
- Narrated by: Richard Littledale
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release Date: 16-11-22
- Language: English
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The English language that is spoken by one billion people around the world is a linguistic mongrel, its vocabulary a diverse mix resulting...
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NGR, What Does It Mean?
- An Expose on the N Word from a Hip Hop Perspective
- Written by: P. E. McCallum
- Narrated by: P. E. McCallum
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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NGR, What Does It Mean?: An Expose on the N-word from a Hip Hop Perspective is an in-depth look into the origins and etymology of the n-word. P. E. McCallum, b.k.a. Pow Shadowz, addresses the n-word and the controversy surrounding it from an MC of Hip Hop's point of view. This expose is a radical journey through history. It delves into the psyche of American culture and deals with issues surrounding the struggles of race relations.
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NGR, What Does It Mean?
- An Expose on the N Word from a Hip Hop Perspective
- Narrated by: P. E. McCallum
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Release Date: 17-07-23
- Language: English
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NGR, What Does It Mean?: An Expose on the N-word from a Hip Hop Perspective is an in-depth look into the origins and etymology of the n-word. P. E. McCallum, b.k.a. Pow Shadowz, addresses the n-word and the controversy surrounding it from an MC of Hip Hop's point of view....
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Craic Baby
- Written by: Darach O'Séaghdha
- Narrated by: Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
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What do we talk about when we talk about Irish? When we talk about saving or supporting a language do we mean the musical combination of syllables, or something more profound? How do new words enter a language, and what is the relationship between that strange dialect called Hiberno-English and its parent language? "Craic Baby" picks up exactly where "Motherfoclóir" left off and explores the very new and very old parts of the Irish language from a personal perspective.
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Craic Baby
- Narrated by: Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Release Date: 10-02-23
- Language: English
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What do we talk about when we talk about Irish? When we talk about saving or supporting a language do we mean the musical combination of syllables...
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The Language of Thieves
- My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate
- Written by: Martin Puchner
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people in the know. This hybrid language, dubbed Rotwelsch, facilitated survival for people in flight - whether escaping persecution or just down on their luck. It was a language of the road associated with vagabonds, travelers, Jews, and thieves that blended words from Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Romani, Czech, and other European languages and was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as being in a pickle. This renegade language unsettled those in power.
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The Language of Thieves
- My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate
- Narrated by: Qarie Marshall
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release Date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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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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