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If anyone finds this subject interesting, I recommend The History of English Podcast: https://historyofenglishpodcast.com https://historyofenglishpodcast.com.

• throwaway894345 5y ago
  Oh wow, I've never seen anyone rep that podcast elsewhere, but I highly recommend it. It's absolutely fascinating. I'm not much of a podcast listener, but this one pretty much immediately captured my attention and has held it (I'm now a ~70 episodes in IIRC).
• mauvehaus 5y ago
  Can't upvote this enough; it's a great podcast. If this seems just a little too esoteric, might I appeal to everybody's prurient side and recommend Chaucer's Vulgar Tongue [0] as a gateway episode? [0] https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2019/09/25/episode-129-chaucers-vulgar-tongue-explicit-language/ https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2019/09/25/episode-129-c...
• bps4484 5y ago
  A a great podcast that has started a personal hobby/interest in linguistics and etymology. I love that history is able break your notion of what is or isn't possible and this podcast is great at that; it repeatedly shows how no language is set in stone, it is a human construct, and how languages are interrelated.
• alamortsubite 5y ago
  Also the ITV series "The Adventure of English" with Melvyn Bragg. They're all on YT.
• beermonster 5y ago
  And ‘Mother Tongue’ by Bill Bryson.
  • Mediterraneo10 5y ago
    Please don’t recommend that book. Bill Bryson has no training in linguistics and that book is so bad, that there is a factual error on virtually every page.
• WaldoLydecker 5y ago
  Mein Held!
• Tagbert 5y ago
  That is one of my favorite podcasts! I often go back and listen to older episodes.