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// We love words here at Jack To The Future🌍 - language is fun isn’t it ! //
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This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.
Listen to episode one hereWe love words here at Jack To The Future🌍 - language is fun isn’t it !
Jack begins the episode with a riddle game for you and contemplates the future of English following his research on this topic.
Will the future of the English language be a combination of languages?
Will 'text' speak and acronyms seep into the spoken word?
Are emojis words?
Do you know what an emordnilap is?
How about the etymology of spoonerisms or portmanteaus?
Jack and his guest speaker this week, Simon Horobin, Professor of English Language and Literature at The University of Oxford, discuss all of the above, their favourite words and and all manor of other lexical topics, finishing with Jack testing Simon's skills and knowledge of modern day slang! Will you dare to have a go?!
A fun-filled episode learning about both the future and history of the English language.
Mentions/Links
The Future of English -The British Council
The Future of English- Article by Simon Horobin in Babel: The Language Magazine
Simon Horobin on You Tube : The Future of English
A Very Short Introduction to the English Language | Simon Horobin | Talks at Google
A Very Short Introduction to the English Language: Book by Simon Horobin
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