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  1. 7th February 2009, 05:53 PM #1
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    The Adventure of English

    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

    The Adventure of English is a British television series (ITV) on the history of the English language presented by 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 story, or the 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 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.
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  2. 7th February 2009, 05:56 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    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
    I sure there is no need for any of us to watch it Ron, you'll let us know all about it
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  3. 7th February 2009, 06:05 PM #3
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    You'd be surprised. It really is quite interesting. Far better than any crap US sitcom!
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    You'd be surprised. It really is quite interesting. Far better than any crap US sitcom!
    That's no recomendation, what isn't?
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    That's no recomendation, what isn't?
    True!
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    Sounds good to me, i will be watching. Thanks Ron.
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    Its quite intresting

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

    And here I was expecting Ron to be giving us another spelling and grammar lesson!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stuuu View Post
    And here I was expecting Ron to be giving us another spelling and grammar lesson!
    Yeah same here, i need a few lessons
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