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Melvyn Bragg returns to Cumbria and finds that the old ways of speaking are being lost. | | |
| | |  | | The Dawn of English Jul 13 2000
English takes on Latin! - eventually becoming the world language of instruction. | | |
| | |  | | France and England Jul 20 2000
Where better than Hastings to look at the impact of the French on the English language? | | |
| | |  | | Tabard Inn to Canterbury Jul 27 2000
The language of sex and death, as Chaucer and others capture English speech of the time. | | |
| | |  | | The Power of English... Aug 3 2000
...and the English of Power, as the language extends its influence from Court to Edinburgh. | | |
| | |  | | Import/Export Aug 10 2000
Conquest, trade and immigration have woven dozens of languages into English. | | |
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|  | |  | |  | | Your questions answered by our Message Board users. Post a question too. | |  | | Do you know where the word 'avocado' came from? | |  | | Thanks for joining in the chat, why not read the transcript. | |  | | With series producers, Simon Elmes and Tony Phillips. | | | | |
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