About this episode
Michael Rosen explores how people spoke in the past with YouTuber Simon Roper.
Michael Rosen meets popular YouTuber Simon Roper, who tries to recreate how people spoke in the past. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven, in partnership with the Open University. Subscribe to the Word of Mouth podcast and never miss an episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qtnz
People in this episode
Host: Michael Rosen
Guest: Simon Roper
Topics covered
- history of language
- speech recreation
- cultural communication
- YouTube influence
- linguistic evolution
Keywords
- language history
- speech
- communication
- YouTuber
- cultural history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC Radio 4, BBC Audio Bristol, Open University
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