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What bookish words have most influenced the English language?
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How has the world of books influenced the English language? In particular the word book itself? How has that changed over time?
Guest: David Crystal, linguist and author of Bookish Words and their suprising stories (Bodleian)
714 episodes
Manage episode 479273237 series 5467
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How has the world of books influenced the English language? In particular the word book itself? How has that changed over time?
Guest: David Crystal, linguist and author of Bookish Words and their suprising stories (Bodleian)
714 episodes
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Dragons, giants and ogres are the terrifying characters of myths and folktales from all over the globe. The type of monsters have evolved over time reflecting the changing threats to a society, from the environment and the fringes of a community. The monsters of modern myths portrayed in books and films are now more frequently humans themselves. Guest: Nicholas Jubber, author Monsterland: a journey around the world's dark imagination (Scribe)…
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When Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was first published in 1818, it’s fair to say the publishers underestimated the size of the market Only 500 were printed. And now one of those 500 first edition of Frankenstein is in Australia, after it was purchased by the University of Sydney. GUEST: Julie Sommerfeldt Manager of Rare Books at the Sydney University Library. https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15189…
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1 Survivor of Khmer Rouge regime reflects on 50 year legacy 21:25
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's brutal take over of Cambodia in 1975 following a five year civil war. As a child Dr Sophal Ear was forced out of Cambodia alongside his mother and siblings, eventually finding refuge in the United States. It was a long and at times dangerous journey, and came at great personal loss. Guest: Dr Sophal Ear, Associate Professor at Arizona State University…
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1 The Year that Made Me: Sarah Arachchi, 2018 27:55
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When Sarah Arachchi was thirteen, she decided to become a paediatrician. She fulfilled that dream in 2018 after years of study, becoming a mother and overcoming the challenges of being a brown, female doctor. She came to Australia with her parents from Sri Lanka when she was only four years old, and has navigated a path to find her Sri Lankan Australian identity. Guest: Sarah Arachchi, Paediatrician and auther of Brown, Female, Doctor: A Memoir (Monash University Publishing)…
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Anthony Albanese has become the first Prime Minister to win back-to-back elections in more than two decades, picking up seats in the process, including Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's own. Mr Dutton's surprise loss in Dickson, and the Liberal Party's broader political misfortune has thrown the party into serious soul searching, as it reckons with the result and decides who will take over as leader. GUEST: Maxine McKew, journalist and former Labor member for the Sydney seat of Bennelong Warren Entsch, retiring Liberal MP for the Queensland seat of Leichhardt…
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1 The Year that Made Me: Josh Bornstein, 1998 35:45
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Josh Bornstein is an employment lawyer who has taken the case of workers against some high profile employers like Qantas, the ABC, Patrick Stevedores and even the High Court itself. Guest: Josh Bornstein, lawyer and author of Working for the Brand
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How has the world of books influenced the English language? In particular the word book itself? How has that changed over time? Guest: David Crystal, linguist and author of Bookish Words and their suprising stories (Bodleian)
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The only new electorate in the 2025 Federal election is Bullwinkel, named after World War two nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, the sole Australian survivor of the Bangak massacre. She only moved to the electorate later in life, which prompted some family and community members to lodge a submission calling for the seat to be named after fellow military nurse Alma Beard who was born and grew up in the Perth hills.…
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