Bonus Episode: Rise and Fall of the Classic Movie Accent

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Episode 188: Old England and New England

In this episode, we explore the first large-scale migration of English settlers to North America in the early 1600s. The settlers arrived in the newly established Massachusetts Bay Colony. We explore the events that led to this migration, and we also explore the linguistic connec ...  Show more

Episode 187: Islands and Sea

In this episode, we explore the influence of seafaring on the English language in the early 1600s. We also look at events in the latter half of the 1620s, which included the first permanent English settlements in the Caribbean. This period saw the arrival of Charles I as the new ...  Show more

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