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Length10h 44m
About this audiobook
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries.
Audiobook details
GenreHumor, Other
Length10 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byStephen McLaughlin
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateDec 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
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