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Global Wording: The Fascinating Story of the Evolution of English

By Charles Hodgson
Narrated by: Charles Hodgson
Unabridged — 1 hours, 16 minutes
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By Charles Hodgson
Narrated by: Charles Hodgson
Unabridged — 1 hours, 16 minutes
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In the same engaging style and humor that has attracted 4.5
million downloads of the Podictionary podcast, Global Wording traces the development of our language using easily recognizable
milestones such as Beowulf, William the Conqueror, Chaucer and
Shakespeare. Rather than relying on scores of dates and boring facts, Hodgson instead punctuates his story with anecdotes about why these characters were so memorable, as well as interesting details on how we know what we know and the conditions...