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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