Builds vocabulary by presenting the entertaining histories behind the core words we need for more effective communication and comprehension.
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Author:Popkin, DavidSummary: -
Author:Bullard, LisaSummary:There's a new girl in Romelie's class named Camila. Camila speaks Spanish, and she's teaching it to Romelie. That gets Romelie thinking. What other languages do people speak? Her own family uses English and American Sign...
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
Do men and women really say what they mean? Also Stephen investigates sex, domination, gender, power, and sex changes (as only he can).
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry investigates the phenomenon of gibberish - what it is, why we write and speak and sing it, and why we enjoy it so much. Words like awaopbopbaloobop awop bam bam and Bill and Ben's contemporary sounding catchphrase: blogalog...
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
British comedian and novelist Stephen Fry is fascinated with word games like crossword puzzles and Scrabble, so much that he believes them to be an integal part of our culture. With the help of linguists, puzzle makers and psychologists...
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
A fifth series from BBC Radio 4 in which Stephen Fry examines, with the help of experts, the highways and byways of the English language.
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4. The Trial of Qwerty The "Qwerty" keyboard faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct the English language....
- Author:Fry, StephenSummary:
Speaking Proper - Stephen Fry looks at the changes in what we used to call 'elocution'.
