17. Fix part I

The Allusionist

• Episode: 17. Fix part I
• Website: The Allusionist
• Feed URL: http://feeds.theallusionist.org/Allusionist
• Duration: 00:17:30
• Published: 2015-08-28 09:43

The English language is a mess. And if you don’t like it, what are you going to do about it – fix it? Good luck with that. In the early 18th century, a movement of grammarians and authors wanted to set up an official authority to regulate English, like French had in the Academie Francaise. But is trying to fix a language a good move? Linguists Liv Walsh and Thomas Godard weigh up the evidence. There is more about this episode at http://theallusionist.org/fix-i. Say hello at http://twitter.com/allusionistshow and http://facebook.com/allusionistshow. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.