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Routes of English - special Melvyn Bragg explores how computing and science are affecting the way we use our language.
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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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