Language A to Z by John McWhorterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is my third book/course by John McWhorter and yet again it is excellent. I was afraid that a lot of the material would be repeated but, while there definitely was some overlap, there was so much that was refreshing and new that I find myself wishing to listen to it again just so I can take more notes. Here are some of the ones I took this time around:
Record, Recall, Rebel are all pronounced differently if a verb or noun.
The etymology of eenie, meenie, minie moe and hickory dickory dock were excellent (both from Welsh numbers)
H for Hobbit and T for Tones were probably my favorite sections, especially his examples ('boat' and 'poat') of how tones can come into being.
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