The Last Word (Ben Macintyre)

Bloomsbury presents The Last Word, written and read by Ben Macintyre 'A sprinkling of delightful nuggets about the uses and abuses of the English Language' Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year '[There are] myriad delights in Ben Macintyre's musings on language' The Times, Books of the Year _____________________ Do you know your geek-speak from your geek-chic? Ever wanted to put Humpty Dumpty together again? Can you distinguish Spanglish from Chinglish? We adapt words from other languages, from slang, from developments in science, literature and art.

Autor:: Ben Macintyre
Sprecher:: Ben Macintyre
Inhalt:: Ungekürzt (Kapitelliste)
Länge:: 11:56 h
Format:: Mp3 Download (462 MB)
Sprache:: Englisch
Verlag:: Bloomsbury Publishing (2025)
Genres:: Comedy und Humor, Sprachkurse und Lernhilfe
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001 - 001 The Last Word Intro	0:09	1 MB
002 - 002 Dedication	0:04	1 MB
003 - 003 Introduction	4:22	2 MB
004 - 004 Say It With	4:59	3 MB
005 - 005 A Guide To	8:06	4 MB
006 - 006 Mayonnaise A Word	5:56	3 MB
007 - 007 The Lost Language	6:34	4 MB
008 - 008 How To Talk	6:26	4 MB
009 - 009 An Author In	7:17	4 MB
010 - 010 Absinthe Made Many	8:05	5 MB
011 - 011 When One Language	4:18	2 MB
012 - 012 Everyone Needs An	6:01	3 MB
013 - 013 Reassembling Humpty Dumpty	6:46	4 MB
014 - 014 The Charm Of	5:01	3 MB
015 - 015 The Pidgin Has	6:58	4 MB
016 - 016 Potty-talk The Discreet	6:31	4 MB
017 - 017 Speaking Perfect British	6:35	4 MB
018 - 018 A FIB The	6:39	4 MB
019 - 019 Cigarettes Are Good	7:17	4 MB
020 - 020 To Tell The	7:52	5 MB
021 - 021 The Atwood Sisters	6:57	4 MB
022 - 022 Eat Your Words	6:53	4 MB
023 - 023 How HG Wells	8:08	5 MB
024 - 024 Roget In Other	7:11	4 MB
025 - 025 Spookspeak Or Talking	7:09	4 MB
026 - 026 Isms Create Schisms	6:39	4 MB
027 - 027 Lost In Translation	6:27	4 MB
028 - 028 Etymythology The Word-legends	7:13	4 MB
029 - 029 Thinking Outside The	3:55	2 MB
030 - 030 Euphemism Another Word	7:02	4 MB
031 - 031 Hell Is Other	7:00	4 MB
032 - 032 Size Matters A	5:56	3 MB
033 - 033 Homers Word Odyssey	7:08	4 MB
034 - 034 Adopt A Word	5:26	3 MB
035 - 035 It Isnt Always	7:53	5 MB
036 - 036 Collective Nouns Are	7:35	4 MB
037 - 037 A New Literary	7:02	4 MB
038 - 038 Bald Is Best	7:54	5 MB
039 - 039 Over The Sea	7:32	4 MB
040 - 040 The Uncommonplace Book	6:18	4 MB
041 - 041 The Truth About	6:59	4 MB
042 - 042 English Grows Wild	6:29	4 MB
043 - 043 Of Doosras And	7:00	4 MB
044 - 044 English Is Not	17:59	11 MB
045 - 045 Germaine Greer Goes	6:51	4 MB
046 - 046 Scotts Last Words	6:52	4 MB
047 - 047 You Say Tomato	6:37	4 MB
048 - 048 Tarzan Utters A	7:10	4 MB
049 - 049 The Undertakers Wind	6:51	4 MB
050 - 050 Were All Speaking	7:53	5 MB
051 - 051 Of Human Bondage	7:57	5 MB
052 - 052 Swallow Anecdotes Whole	7:36	4 MB
053 - 053 Judge A Book	7:53	5 MB
054 - 054 Intellectual Clever Dick	8:18	5 MB
055 - 055 As Books Online	7:45	5 MB
056 - 056 The Death Of	7:27	4 MB
057 - 057 English Is A	7:29	4 MB
058 - 058 Insulting Your Closest	6:38	4 MB
059 - 059 Wilfred Thesiger Explored	7:58	4 MB
060 - 060 The Telegram Was	7:52	5 MB
061 - 061 To Cuddle A	8:04	5 MB
062 - 062 A Nation Of	7:25	4 MB
063 - 063 Olf Fags And	8:04	5 MB
064 - 064 James Joyce And	7:52	4 MB
065 - 065 On The Origin	7:58	5 MB
066 - 066 The Computer Ate	7:28	4 MB
067 - 067 One Delusional Reader	7:46	5 MB
068 - 068 RIP Timmy	4:23	2 MB
069 - 069 What Do You	3:18	2 MB
070 - 070 Beware The Blurb	7:38	4 MB
071 - 071 Soon The Last	5:23	3 MB
072 - 072 Blow Winds And	6:26	4 MB
073 - 073 Fireproof Books	8:02	5 MB
074 - 074 Angela Simply Could	7:10	4 MB
075 - 075 The Film Of	7:36	4 MB
076 - 076 Why Books Breed	7:52	5 MB
077 - 077 The Bookshop At	7:10	4 MB
078 - 078 Save The Semicolon	5:05	3 MB
079 - 079 Everyone Has Fifteen	8:05	5 MB
080 - 080 Amazon Beckoned To	6:36	4 MB
081 - 081 Useful Language Learn	7:46	5 MB
082 - 082 A Columns Of	9:06	5 MB
083 - 083 Could Do Better	9:19	5 MB
084 - 084 Paradise Is Paper	8:44	5 MB
085 - 085 A Message From	8:01	5 MB
086 - 086 Splash Out On	8:18	5 MB
087 - 087 Why Do Koreans	7:15	4 MB
088 - 088 It Is OK	8:55	5 MB
089 - 089 The Joys Of	9:28	6 MB
090 - 090 DIY Book Reviewing	7:42	5 MB
091 - 091 Hear About The	8:14	5 MB
092 - 092 I Drink Therefore	7:54	5 MB
093 - 093 We Are The	8:24	5 MB
094 - 094 The Only Gael	7:50	5 MB
095 - 095 Where Are The	7:49	5 MB
096 - 096 Sarah Palin Sarah	2:58	1 MB
097 - 097 Its All Geek	8:06	5 MB
098 - 098 Eurobabble Bubbles From	6:29	4 MB
099 - 099 The Entrente And	7:40	5 MB
100 - 100 Languages Can Speak	6:47	4 MB
101 - 101 Writers Um Block	7:51	5 MB
102 - 102 The Last Word Outro	1:01	1 MB