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Cuttings from the Garden of English - delighting in language with Tina Zines

Cuttings from the Garden of English - delighting in language with Tina Zines

By: Tina
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 A language lover's podcast on a variety of aspects of English that arouse her curiosity about the stories behind familiar words and expressions, about the very human factors that are constantly at work shaping the language© 2023 Cuttings from the Garden of English - delighting in language with Tina Zines World
Episodes
  • ONE - Who planted the garden? The establishment of English by a series of invasions

    ONE - Who planted the garden? The establishment of English by a series of invasions
    Mar 5 2023

    Why is the language called English?  Where did it come from?  
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    18 mins
  • TWO - How we arrived at our names for animals as diverse as aardvarks, dolphins and dromedaries

    TWO - How we arrived at our names for animals as diverse as aardvarks, dolphins and dromedaries
    Mar 5 2023
    18 mins
  • THREE - Them’s fightin’ words

    THREE - Them’s fightin’ words
    Mar 4 2023

    A look at some words and expressions that we might be surprised to find have their origins in war
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    19 mins
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