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Do You Know What You Are Saying?
Routes of English - special
Melvyn Bragg explores how computing and science are affecting the way we use our language.
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Churchill's Roar
Routes of English - special
Melvyn Bragg on Sir Winston Churchill's powerful use of the english language.
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Talking Posh
Routes of English - special
Melvyn Bragg turns his attention to the mysterious speech patterns of Britain's aristocrats.
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People and Places
series with world service. Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the spread of spoken english round the world. programme 6:
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Accents and Dialects
How are our local dialects surviving the pervasive influence of estuary english? |
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Humour and Cussing
Language to play with, to abuse, to impress - and constantly changing. |
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Evolving English
English has become a world power, but it is not one language. we look at its past and future |
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Theme Music
it's called "floorwashing", by thomas newman - from the cd "oscar and lucinda".listen |
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Your questions answered by our Message Board users. Post a question too. |
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Do you know where the word 'avocado' came from? |
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Thanks for joining in the chat, why not read the transcript. |
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With series producers, Simon Elmes and Tony Phillips. |
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' ... while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to 50 words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.
Carl Sagan: |
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