The Adventure of English

[p38arover]

There's quite a good programme on The History Channel (608) tonight at 7.30 pm - The Adventure of English

I recommend it.

See The Adventure of English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_English)



The Adventure of English is a British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) television series (ITV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV)) on the history of the English language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language) presented by Melvyn Bragg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvyn_Bragg) as well as a companion book, also written by Bragg. The series ran in 2003.
The series and the book are cast as an adventure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure) story, or the biography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography) of English as if it were a living being, covering the history of the language from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor guttural Germanic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_language) dialect to its rise as a truly established global language.
In the television series, Bragg explains the origins of many words, how their spelling became and their use at different times in history.

[V8Ian]

There's quite a good programme on The History Channel (608) tonight at 7.30 pm - The Adventure of English

I recommend it.

See The Adventure of English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_English)

I sure there is no need for any of us to watch it Ron, you'll let us know all about it :D;)

[p38arover]

You'd be surprised. It really is quite interesting. Far better than any crap US sitcom!

[V8Ian]

You'd be surprised. It really is quite interesting. Far better than any crap US sitcom!

That's no recomendation, what isn't?

[p38arover]

That's no recomendation, what isn't?

True! :D

[Mick-Kelly]

Sounds good to me, i will be watching. Thanks Ron.

[clean32]

Its quite intresting

it poped up on a couple of the Expat ESOL bords, shut up quite a few of the knowitalls

[Narangga]

And here I was expecting Ron to be giving us another spelling and grammar lesson! :(

[long stroke]

And here I was expecting Ron to be giving us another spelling and grammar lesson! :(

Yeah same here, i need a few lessons:(

[p38arover]

Melvyn Bragg drives a black Defender 90! :)

[UncleHo]

G'day P38arover :)

Yes, it is quite a good show, was on SBS a couple of years ago:)


cheers

[p38arover]

G'day P38arover :)

Yes, it is quite a good show, was on SBS a couple of years ago:)


cheers

Hi Uncle Ho, yes, I did see some of it then but I missed the first few programmes. It's good to be able to catch up with them.

[UncleHo]

G'day P38arover :)


Well, I got the RRC sorted out, runs OK now,needed an exchange Vacc advance unit from "advancediaphragmoptions.com" up here in Caboolture, goes well now, let Incisor have a drive this afternoon and he says it is a nice ride,;) it's a 1/85 phase11 5 speed manual base model with extras as ordered, love the LPG :D

I still have the 2a G.S.:D


cheers

[Bigbjorn]

G'day P38arover :)


Well, I got the RRC sorted out, runs OK now,needed an exchange Vacc advance unit from "advancediaphragmoptions.com" up here in Caboolture, goes well now, let Incisor have a drive this afternoon and he says it is a nice ride,;) it's a 1/85 phase11 5 speed manual base model with extras as ordered, love the LPG :D

I still have the 2a G.S.:D


cheers

Hi Ho. Have you got your Range Rover attire yet? Cheesecutter cap, corduroy jacket with leather elbow patches, cavalry twill trousers, BRDC tie, and a nice tweed skirt, twin set and pearls for The Management.

[p38arover]

I can see Kevin dressed like that! :D

[Bigbjorn]

There's quite a good programme on The History Channel (608) tonight at 7.30 pm - The Adventure of English

I recommend it.

See The Adventure of English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_English)

If I recall my long-ago studies correctly, English is one of the North Germanic group of languages. As well as English this group includes German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (all three), Friesian/Frasch, Faroese, Icelandic, Dutch, Flemish, and Lowland Scots if this can be considered a separate language. Lowland Scots has a lot of words in common with Danish, no doubt reflecting the civilising influence of missions from my Viking forebears to that country.