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History of English podcasts

Kevin Stroud has produced (to date) 139 podcasts about the History of English (each 1 hour in length). Try browsing his list of episodes: https://historyofenglishpodcast.com

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Where do words like “dint”, “roughshod” and “eke” come from?

Some archaic words get preserved in idioms: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/12-old-words-that-survived-by-getting-fossilized-in-idioms?utm_source=emailsynd&utm_medium=social  

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