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The History of English Podcast is the spoken history of a global language. Since 2012, the podcast has provided a chronological look the developments that shaped the English language.

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The History of English Podcast | The Spoken History of a Global Language

If you don't subscribe to The History of English podcast you should right that wrong.

It's brilliant.

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28.02.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting. I suspect there is a connection to the 'do' as 'otherwise' phenomenon I described in the episode. Glad you enjoyed the episode!

01.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All is right with the world again. 😊

01.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad you enjoyed the episode. I was fascinated to learn about the 'hillbilly' features in the old New England accent - at least the 'country Jonathan' version of it.

28.02.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it. If you're starting at the beginning, you've got a long way to go.πŸ˜€

17.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Confession: I don’t know what songs in English are about maybe 75% of the time.

10.02.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 1031 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 110 πŸ“Œ 10
What New York Looked Like in 1660 | AI Reconstruction of New Amsterdam (Documentary)
What New York Looked Like in 1660 | AI Reconstruction of New Amsterdam (Documentary) YouTube video by Restored Timeline

Interesting AI reconstruction of New Amsterdam in the 1600s. youtu.be/tfGZEzoU_WY?...

10.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

An interesting discussion on English time-words in the 1600s that I don’t remember being covered in @englishhistpod.bsky.social

17.01.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Very interesting.

19.01.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If the podcast is a hobby and not a job, it should never feel like a chore. Good luck and enjoy your podcast retirement!

08.01.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Same to you. The next episode should be ready in a week or so - sometimes around Christmas.

15.12.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look for the next episode on Thursday or Friday. Hope to record it tomorrow.

28.10.2025 23:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I get a lot of those as well. Most have little or nothing to do with the podcast.

09.10.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I'm glad you're up-to-date, but that means you'll have to wait for each new episode. Hopefully, it will continue to be worth the wait. And keep sharing those juicy tidbits.πŸ˜€

03.09.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How to Speak Middle English | Featuring Kevin Stroud
How to Speak Middle English | Featuring Kevin Stroud YouTube video by LetThemTalkTV

I recently spoke with Gideon Ben-Ami about Middle English on his LetThemTalkTV YouTube channel. It was a lot of fun! Check out the video: youtu.be/_1hahaLQ_DY?...

03.09.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I knew YOU listened to every episode. I was talking about everyone else.πŸ˜‰ Seriously, thanks for listening. I hope you and Mark are doing well.

22.07.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged Β£9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but Β£17.99 for a completely blank notebook?

21.07.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 11455 πŸ” 1168 πŸ’¬ 346 πŸ“Œ 94

Glad the wait was worth it. πŸ˜„

16.07.2025 20:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not familiar with that. It could be a holdover, but it might be an independent development. I'm going to discuss the development of modern Scottish dialects in an upcoming episode, so I'll look for that.

16.07.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the interest! The next episode is on track for next week.

01.07.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.06.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 19084 πŸ” 3226 πŸ’¬ 377 πŸ“Œ 260

3 languages under a trenchcoat pretending to be 1.

I learned (learning) Spanish as a second language and I am so glad I didn't have to learn English this way.

If you are interested in *why* English is the disaster that it is, @englishhistpod.bsky.social

01.06.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the plug. Glad you're enjoying it!

17.05.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun to put together.

17.05.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Opossums and the fate of Sir Henry Hudson..?

It’s all here in The History of English podcast

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06.05.2025 05:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the support!

08.04.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for wonderful comments! I'm glad you enjoy the podcast almost every night. A lot of listeners tell me that it helps them to fall asleep at night. It took a while to get used to that 'complement' though. πŸ˜‰

08.04.2025 02:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The episodes are always topical. πŸ˜‰

21.03.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. That wasn't planned when I started the episode. It just sort of came out I was writing that segment and I decided to leave it in.

19.03.2025 02:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It varies. This episode ended up being the first half of the material I intended to cover when I started it, so the next episode is already laid out. But generally, I plan about 3 or 4 episodes in advance.

19.03.2025 02:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0