The Essay

The Romance of Romance

Wednesday 21 March 2007 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Michael Rosen continues on the long and winding linguistic road through the roots of European language. For gold, along the Romance language road, in Catalan and French, Jersey dialect and Lombard, it's or; in Italian and Spanish, oro; while Romanians and Occitanians say aur.

Duration:

15 minutes

The Essay

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