The Potential of Words

An exploration of the power of names, for people and for trade marks.  If you have any questions or comments about anything you heard on the show, leave a review on iTunes or drop me a line at [email protected]. Leave a review, and don't forget to hit Subscribe! -=-  Theme Tune composed by Craig Harris https://www.craigharrismusic.ca/  -=-

The most exciting part of language: lexicography! How dictionaries came about, evolved, and help define our world, as well as the power of the people over what goes into them. -=-  Theme Tune composed by Craig Harris https://www.craigharrismusic.ca/  -=-

Middle English is almost another language, so how did it become the language we speak today? What do Americans and Shakespeare have in common? All these things, and the harmful myth of the 'native English accent'. -=-  Theme Tune composed by Craig Harris https://www.craigharrismusic.ca/  -=-

More personal anecdotes, the part that fables play in teaching social reasoning, and why I before e is a ridiculous rule. -=-  Theme Tune composed by Craig Harris https://www.craigharrismusic.ca/  -=-

Some of the facts and analogies that started and have sustained my love for English over the years. From the Germanic sounds of Beowulf to today's language that borrows from everywhere, English has grown a lot - and inspired a lot of people, including myself.  -=- Beowulf reading courtesy of Heiðniborg, read by Sveinn Ullarson from the Old Norse Tongue Project.  -=- Reading from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales courtesy of the wonderful Banned Books Uncensored, run by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom -=- Theme Tune composed by Craig Harris https://www.craigharrismusic.ca/