Media 1: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Preface | David Crystal | 2:34 | |
2 | 2 | A Short History of English Words, Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:40 | |
3 | 3 | A Short History of English Words, Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:55 | |
4 | 4 | A Short History of English Words, Part 3 | David Crystal | 2:53 | |
5 | 5 | A Short History of English Words, Part 4 | David Crystal | 3:05 | |
6 | 6 | A Short History of English Words, Part 5 | David Crystal | 3:49 | |
7 | 7 | Number 1: "Roe - the first word (5th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:07 | |
8 | 8 | Number 1: "Roe - the first word (5th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:58 | |
9 | 9 | Number 2: "Lea - naming places (8th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:09 | |
10 | 10 | Number 2: "Lea - naming places (8th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:39 | |
11 | 11 | Number 3: "And - an early abbreviation (8th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:14 | |
12 | 12 | Number 3: "And - an early abbreviation (8th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:04 | |
13 | 13 | Number 4: "Loaf - an unexpected origin (9th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:57 | |
14 | 14 | Number 4: "Loaf - an unexpected origin (9th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:00 | |
15 | 15 | Number 5: "Out - changing grammar (9th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:43 | |
16 | 16 | Number 5: "Out - changing grammar (9th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:15 | |
17 | 17 | Number 6: "Street - a Latin loan (9th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:58 | |
18 | 18 | Number 6: "Street - a Latin loan (9th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:14 | |
19 | 19 | Number 7: "Mead - a window into history (9th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:46 | |
20 | 20 | Number 7: "Mead - a window into history (9th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:38 | |
Media 2: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Number 8: "Merry - a dialect survivor (9th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:33 | |
2 | 2 | Number 8: "Merry - a dialect survivor (9th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:37 | |
3 | 3 | Number 9: "Riddle - playing with language (10th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:05 | |
4 | 4 | Number 9: "Riddle - playing with language (10th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:10 | |
5 | 5 | Number 10: "What - an early exclamation (10th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:34 | |
6 | 6 | Number 10: "What - an early exclamation (10th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:17 | |
7 | 7 | Number 11: "Bone-house - a word-painting (10th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:54 | |
8 | 8 | Number 11: "Bone-house - a word-painting (10th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:39 | |
9 | 9 | Number 12: "Brock - a Celtic arrival (10th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:17 | |
10 | 10 | Number 12: "Brock - a Celtic arrival (10th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:42 | |
11 | 11 | Number 13: "English - the language named (10th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:14 | |
12 | 12 | Number 13: "English - the language named (10th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:57 | |
13 | 13 | Number 14: "Bridegroom - a popular etymology (11th century)" | David Crystal | 3:58 | |
14 | 14 | Number 15: "Arse - an impolite word (11th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:21 | |
15 | 15 | Number 15: "Arse - an impolite word (11th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:45 | |
16 | 16 | Number 16: "Swain - a poetic expression (12th century)" | David Crystal | 3:29 | |
17 | 17 | Number 17: "Pork - an elegant word (13th century)" | David Crystal | 3:58 | |
18 | 18 | Number 18: "Chattels - a legal word (13th century)" | David Crystal | 3:44 | |
Media 3: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Number 19: "Dame - a form of address (13th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:35 | |
2 | 2 | Number 19: "Dame - a form of address (13th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:22 | |
3 | 3 | Number 20: "Skirt - a word doublet (13th century)" | David Crystal | 3:37 | |
4 | 4 | Number 21: "Jail - competing words (13th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:31 | |
5 | 5 | Number 21: "Jail - competing words (13th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:18 | |
6 | 6 | Number 22: "Take away - a phrasal verb (13th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:25 | |
7 | 7 | Number 22: "Take away - a phrasal verb (13th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:55 | |
8 | 8 | Number 23: "Cuckoo - a sound-symbolic word (13th century)" | David Crystal | 3:18 | |
9 | 9 | Number 24: "Cunt - a taboo word (13th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:10 | |
10 | 10 | Number 24: "Cunt - a taboo word (13th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:12 | |
11 | 11 | Number 25: "Wicked - a radical alteration (13th century)" | David Crystal | 3:10 | |
12 | 12 | Number 26: "Wee - a Scottish contribution (14th century)" | David Crystal | 3:24 | |
13 | 13 | Number 27: "Grammar - a surprising link (14th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:13 | |
14 | 14 | Number 27: "Grammar - a surprising link (14th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:13 | |
15 | 15 | Number 28: "Valentine - first name into word (14th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:32 | |
16 | 16 | Number 28: "Valentine - first name into word (14th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:46 | |
17 | 17 | Number 29: "Egg - a dialect choice (14th century)" | David Crystal | 3:23 | |
18 | 18 | Number 30: "Royal - word triplets (14th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:21 | |
19 | 19 | Number 30: "Royal - word triplets (14th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:15 | |
20 | 20 | Number 31: "Money - a productive idiom (14th century)" | David Crystal | 3:26 | |
21 | 21 | Number 32: "Music - a spelling in evolution (14th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:04 | |
22 | 22 | Number 32: "Music - a spelling in evolution (14th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:01 | |
23 | 23 | Number 33: "Taffeta - an early trade word (14th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:38 | |
24 | 24 | Number 33: "Taffeta - an early trade word (14th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:12 | |
Media 4: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Number 34: "Information(s) - (un)countable nouns (14th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:03 | |
2 | 2 | Number 34: "Information(s) - (un)countable nouns (14th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:06 | |
3 | 3 | Number 35: "Gaggle - a collective noun (15th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:27 | |
4 | 4 | Number 35: "Gaggle - a collective noun (15th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:08 | |
5 | 5 | Number 36: "Doable - a mixing of languages (15th century)" | David Crystal | 3:34 | |
6 | 6 | Number 37: "Matrix - a word from Tyndale (16th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:43 | |
7 | 7 | Number 37: "Matrix - a word from Tyndale (16th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:51 | |
8 | 8 | Number 38: "Alphabet - talking about writing (16th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:12 | |
9 | 9 | Number 38: "Alphabet - talking about writing (16th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:22 | |
10 | 10 | Number 39: "Potato - a European import (16th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:31 | |
11 | 11 | Number 39: "Potato - a European import (16th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:13 | |
12 | 12 | Number 40: "Debt - a spelling reform (16th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:21 | |
13 | 13 | Number 40: "Debt - a spelling reform (16th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:06 | |
14 | 14 | Number 41: "Ink-horn - a classical flood (16th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:26 | |
15 | 15 | Number 41: "Ink-horn - a classical flood (16th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:10 | |
16 | 16 | Number 42: "Dialect - regional variation (16th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:46 | |
17 | 17 | Number 42: "Dialect - regional variation (16th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:50 | |
18 | 18 | Number 43: "Bodgery - word-coiners (16th century)" | David Crystal | 3:22 | |
19 | 19 | Number 44: "Undeaf - a word from Shakespeare (16th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:47 | |
20 | 20 | Number 44: "Undeaf - a word from Shakespeare (16th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:22 | |
21 | 21 | Number 45: "Skunk - an early Americanism (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:53 | |
22 | 22 | Number 45: "Skunk - an early Americanism (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:48 | |
23 | 23 | Number 46: "Shibboleth - a word from King James (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:58 | |
24 | 24 | Number 46: "Shibboleth - a word from King James (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:24 | |
Media 5: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Number 47: "Bloody - an emerging swear-word (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:03 | |
2 | 2 | Number 47: "Bloody - an emerging swear-word (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:43 | |
3 | 3 | Number 48: "Lakh - a word from India (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:10 | |
4 | 4 | Number 48: "Lakh - a word from India (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:03 | |
5 | 5 | Number 49: "Fopdoodle - a lost word (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:05 | |
6 | 6 | Number 49: "Fopdoodle - a lost word (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:05 | |
7 | 7 | Number 50: "Billion - a confusing ambiguity (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:50 | |
8 | 8 | Number 50: "Billion - a confusing ambiguity (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:16 | |
9 | 9 | Number 51: "Yogurt - a choice of spelling (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:45 | |
10 | 10 | Number 51: "Yogurt - a choice of spelling (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:30 | |
11 | 11 | Number 52: "Gazette - a taste of journalese (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:48 | |
12 | 12 | Number 52: "Gazette - a taste of journalese (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:13 | |
13 | 13 | Number 53: "Tea - a social word (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:31 | |
14 | 14 | Number 53: "Tea - a social word (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:08 | |
15 | 15 | Number 54: "Disinterested - a confusible (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:29 | |
16 | 16 | Number 54: "Disinterested - a confusible (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:35 | |
17 | 17 | Number 55: "Polite - a matter of manners (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:08 | |
18 | 18 | Number 55: "Polite - a matter of manners (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:56 | |
19 | 19 | Number 56: "Dilly-dally - a reduplicating word (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:45 | |
20 | 20 | Number 56: "Dilly-dally - a reduplicating word (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:17 | |
21 | 21 | Number 57: "Rep - a clipping (17th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:45 | |
22 | 22 | Number 57: "Rep - a clipping (17th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:12 | |
23 | 23 | Number 58: "Americanism - a new nation (18th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:51 | |
24 | 24 | Number 58: "Americanism - a new nation (18th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:18 | |
25 | 25 | Number 59: "Edit - a back-formation (18th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:37 | |
26 | 26 | Number 59: "Edit - a back-formation (18th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:12 | |
Media 6: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Number 60: "Species - classifying things (18th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:59 | |
2 | 2 | Number 60: "Species - classifying things (18th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:53 | |
3 | 3 | Number 61: "Ain't - right and wrong (18th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:06 | |
4 | 4 | Number 61: "Ain't - right and wrong (18th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:57 | |
5 | 5 | Number 62: "Trek - a word from Africa (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:27 | |
6 | 6 | Number 62: "Trek - a word from Africa (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:42 | |
7 | 7 | Number 63: "Hello - progress through technology (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:46 | |
8 | 8 | Number 63: "Hello - progress through technology (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:10 | |
9 | 9 | Number 64: "Dragsman - thieves' cant (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:27 | |
10 | 10 | Number 64: "Dragsman - thieves' cant (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:19 | |
11 | 11 | Number 65: "Lunch - U or non-U (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:06 | |
12 | 12 | Number 65: "Lunch - U or non-U (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:22 | |
13 | 13 | Number 66: "Dude - a cool usage (19th century)" | David Crystal | 2:59 | |
14 | 14 | Number 67: "Brunch - a portmanteau word (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:46 | |
15 | 15 | Number 67: "Brunch - a portmanteau word (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:05 | |
16 | 16 | Number 68: "Dinkum - a word from Australia (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:55 | |
17 | 17 | Number 68: "Dinkum - a word from Australia (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:39 | |
18 | 18 | Number 69: "Mipela - pidgin English (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:15 | |
19 | 19 | Number 69: "Mipela - pidgin English (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:29 | |
20 | 20 | Number 70: "Schmooze - a Yiddishism (19th century)" | David Crystal | 3:18 | |
21 | 21 | Number 71: "OK - debatable origins (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:22 | |
22 | 22 | Number 71: "OK - debatable origins (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:57 | |
23 | 23 | Number 72: "Ology - suffix into word (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:57 | |
24 | 24 | Number 72: "Ology - suffix into word (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:18 | |
25 | 25 | Number 73: "Y'all - a new pronoun (19th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:12 | |
26 | 26 | Number 73: "Y'all - a new pronoun (19th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:17 | |
Media 7: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Number 74: "Speech-craft - an Anglo-Saxonism (19th century)" | David Crystal | 3:08 | |
2 | 2 | Number 75: "DNA - scientific terminology (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:52 | |
3 | 3 | Number 75: "DNA - scientific terminology (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:57 | |
4 | 4 | Number 76: "Garage - a pronunciation problem (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:58 | |
5 | 5 | Number 76: "Garage - a pronunciation problem (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:21 | |
6 | 6 | Number 77: "Escalator - word into name into word (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:14 | |
7 | 7 | Number 77: "Escalator - word into name into word (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:24 | |
8 | 8 | Number 78: "Robot - a global journey (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:03 | |
9 | 9 | Number 78: "Robot - a global journey (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:03 | |
10 | 10 | Number 79: "UFO - alternative forms (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:06 | |
11 | 11 | Number 79: "UFO - alternative forms (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:27 | |
12 | 12 | Number 80: "Watergate - place-name into word (20th century)" | David Crystal | 3:58 | |
13 | 13 | Number 81: "Doublespeak - weasel words (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:29 | |
14 | 14 | Number 81: "Doublespeak - weasel words (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 3:15 | |
15 | 15 | Number 82: "Doobry - useful nonsense (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:26 | |
16 | 16 | Number 82: "Doobry - useful nonsense (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:31 | |
17 | 17 | Number 83: "Blurb - a moment of arrival (20th century)" | David Crystal | 3:18 | |
18 | 18 | Number 84: "Strine - a comic effect (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:30 | |
19 | 19 | Number 84: "Strine - a comic effect (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:47 | |
20 | 20 | Number 85: "Alzheimer's - surname into word (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:13 | |
21 | 21 | Number 85: "Alzheimer's - surname into word (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:28 | |
22 | 22 | Number 86: "Grand - money slang (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:32 | |
23 | 23 | Number 86: "Grand - money slang (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:57 | |
24 | 24 | Number 86: "Grand - money slang (20th century)", Part 3 | David Crystal | 2:03 | |
Media 8: CD |
Position |
# |
Title |
Track Artist |
Duration |
Bpm |
1 | 1 | Number 87: "Mega - prefix into word (20th century)" | David Crystal | 3:31 | |
2 | 2 | Number 88: "Gotcha - a non-standard spelling (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:29 | |
3 | 3 | Number 88: "Gotcha - a non-standard spelling (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:49 | |
4 | 4 | Number 89: "PC - being politically correct (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 3:17 | |
5 | 5 | Number 89: "PC - being politically correct (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:30 | |
6 | 6 | Number 90: "Bagonise - a nonce-word (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:23 | |
7 | 7 | Number 90: "Bagonise - a nonce-word (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:35 | |
8 | 8 | Number 91: "Webzine - an internet compound (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:27 | |
9 | 9 | Number 91: "Webzine - an internet compound (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:30 | |
10 | 10 | Number 92: "App - a killer abb (20th century)" | David Crystal | 3:21 | |
11 | 11 | Number 93: "Cherry-picking - corporate speak (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:42 | |
12 | 12 | Number 93: "Cherry-picking - corporate speak (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:47 | |
13 | 13 | Number 94: "LOL - netspeak (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:36 | |
14 | 14 | Number 94: "LOL - netspeak (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:23 | |
15 | 15 | Number 95: "Jazz - word of the century (20th century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:44 | |
16 | 16 | Number 95: "Jazz - word of the century (20th century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:59 | |
17 | 17 | Number 96: "Sudoku - a modern loan (21st century)" | David Crystal | 2:50 | |
18 | 18 | Number 97: "Muggle - a fiction word (21st century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:06 | |
19 | 19 | Number 97: "Muggle - a fiction word (21st century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:22 | |
20 | 20 | Number 98: "Chillax - a fashionable blend (21st century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:34 | |
21 | 21 | Number 98: "Chillax - a fashionable blend (21st century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:20 | |
22 | 22 | Number 99: "Unfriend - a new age (21st century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 1:40 | |
23 | 23 | Number 99: "Unfriend - a new age (21st century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 1:55 | |
24 | 24 | Number 100: "Twittersphere - future directions? (21st century)", Part 1 | David Crystal | 2:01 | |
25 | 25 | Number 100: "Twittersphere - future directions? (21st century)", Part 2 | David Crystal | 2:12 | |