Vikings
Michael Rosen discovers how the Vikings changed English, using their anger, verbs and great hair. With author Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.
Michael Rosen discovers how the Vikings changed English. These invaders brought with them the words knife, gun, slaughter, ransack and anger. But then they settled, using their anger, verbs and great hair to transform our grammar, and our understanding of the landscape. With author Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough and historical linguist Laura Wright.
Producer: Melvin Rickarby
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Ways you talk like a Viking every day
The seafaring Scandinavian invaders who transformed our grammar.
Broadcasts
- Tue 30 Jul 2019 16:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 5 Aug 2019 23:00BBC Radio 4
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