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Global Wording audiobook

  • By: Charles Hodgson
  • Narrator: Charles Hodgson
  • Length: 1 hours 15 minutes
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Publish date: May 27, 2008
  • Language: English
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Global Wording Audiobook Summary

In the same engaging style and humor that has attracted 4.5
million downloads of the Podictionary podcast, Global Wording traces the development of our language using easily recognizable
milestones such as Beowulf, William the Conqueror, Chaucer and
Shakespeare. Rather than relying on scores of dates and boring facts, Hodgson instead punctuates his story with anecdotes about why these characters were so memorable, as well as interesting details on how we know what we know and the conditions of life over the years as they affected the growth of our language.

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Global Wording Audiobook Narrator

Charles Hodgson is the narrator of Global Wording audiobook that was written by Charles Hodgson

CHARLES HODGSON is the author of Carnal Knowledge–A Navel Gazer’s Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia published by St. Martin’s Press. He also writes, hosts and produces Podictionary–the podcast for word lovers. Charles is an Electrical Engineer by training, an entrepreneur and marketer by experience, and a word lover by habit. Since 2002 he has indulged his love for words and their fascinating histories by dedicating all his working time to this passion. As a result his podcast Podictionary has accumulated hundreds of entertaining episodes that have attracted approximately 4.5 million downloads from faithful listeners. Writing for Podictionary, he has amassed more than 160,000 words of text in addition to the 70,000 written for Carnal Knowledge.

About the Author(s) of Global Wording

Charles Hodgson is the author of Global Wording

Global Wording Full Details

Narrator Charles Hodgson
Length 1 hours 15 minutes
Author Charles Hodgson
Publisher Macmillan Audio
Release date May 27, 2008
ISBN 9781427203298

Additional info

The publisher of the Global Wording is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781427203298.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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