TTC – THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS - ENGLISH WORDS AND THEIR ORIGINS

1. 01_WINNING WORDS, BANISHED WORDS.mp321.82MB
2. 02_THE LIFE OF A WORD, FROM BIRTH TO DEATH.mp321.26MB
3. 03_THE HUMAN HANDS BEHIND DICTIONARIES.mp320.92MB
4. 04_TREASURE HOUSES, THEFT, AND TRAPS.mp320.78MB
5. 05_YARN AND CLUES—NEW WORD MEANINGS.mp321.14MB
6. 06_SMOG, MOB, BLING—NEW WORDS.mp321.19MB
7. 07_“OFTEN” VERSUS “OFFEN”—PRONUNCIATION.mp320.43MB
8. 08_FIGHTING OVER ZIPPERS.mp320.44MB
9. 09_OPENING THE EARLY ENGLISH WORD-HOARD.mp320.82MB
10. 10_SAFE AND SOUND—THE FRENCH INVASION.mp320.42MB
11. 11_MAGNIFICAL DEXTERITY—LATIN AND LEARNING.mp319.5MB
12. 12_CHUTZPAH TO PAJAMAS—WORLD BORROWINGS.mp320.7MB
13. 13_THE POP-SODA-COKE DIVIDE.mp320.75MB
14. 14_MATHS, WOMBATS, AND LES BLUEJEANS.mp322.45MB
15. 15_FOOT AND PEDESTRIAN—WORD COUSINS.mp320.35MB
16. 16_DESULTORY SOMERSAULTS—LATIN ROOTS.mp320.76MB
17. 17_ANALOGOUS PROLOGUES—GREEK ROOTS.mp321.81MB
18. 18_THE TOUGH STUFF OF ENGLISH SPELLING.mp320.89MB
19. 19_THE B IN DEBT—MEDDLING IN SPELLING.mp321.37MB
20. 20_OF MICE, MEN, AND Y’ALL.mp321MB
21. 21_I’M GOOD … OR AM I WELL.mp319.83MB
22. 22_HOW SNUCK SNEAKED IN.mp320.58MB
23. 23_UM, WELL, LIKE, YOU KNOW.mp322.23MB
24. 24_WICKED COOL—THE IRREVERENCE OF SLANG.mp320.18MB
25. 25_BOY TOYS AND BAD EGGS—SLANGY WORDPLAY.mp322.08MB
26. 26_SPINSTER, BACHELOR, GUY, DUDE.mp321.04MB
27. 27_FIREFIGHTERS AND FRESHPERSONS.mp320.43MB
28. 28_A SLAM DUNK—THE LANGUAGE OF SPORTS.mp320.96MB
29. 29_FOOLING AROUND—THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE.mp320.91MB
30. 30_GUNG HO—THE LANGUAGE OF WAR.mp321.28MB
31. 31_FILIBUSTERING—THE LANGUAGE OF POLITICS.mp320.25MB
32. 32_LOL—THE LANGUAGE OF THE INTERNET.mp321.84MB
33. 33_#$@%!—FORBIDDEN WORDS.mp321.25MB
34. 34_COULDN’T (OR COULD) CARE LESS.mp320.81MB
35. 35_MUSQUIRT AND OTHER LEXICAL GAPS.mp321.97MB
36. 36_PLAYING FAST AND LOOSE WITH WORDS.mp322.65MB