A podcast about how the English language got to be the way it is
Why is English?
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7 episodes
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Podcast Overview
A podcast about how the English language got to be the way it is
Language
🇺🇲
Publishing Since
7/21/2020
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Recent Episodes
April 27, 2021
The Alphabet - Part 2
<p>In part 2 of The Alphabet, we get into some of the weirder letters, like C and G, which can each represent two different sounds, TH and CH, which are both two letters for one sound, and W, which is just…two…U's? or V's?</p>
February 2, 2021
The Alphabet - Part 1
<p>In this episode, we find out how our alphabet came to be, from the symbols to the letter names, and the paths many of the letters took to get to what they are now.</p>
December 1, 2020
American vs British English
<p>In this episode, we’re looking into some of the ways American English and British English diverged, aka Why Those Other People Talk So Weird.</p>
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