Tom Scott

Why Shakespeare Could Never Have Been French

Shakespeare sounds a certain way. Why? And why could it only work in English? β€’ Written with Gretchen McCulloch of Lingthusiasm! Her podcast has an episode about how translators approach texts: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/632086691477323776/lingthusiasm-episode-49-how-translators-approach

Gretchen’s book BECAUSE INTERNET, all about the evolution of internet language, is available:
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Audio mix by Graham Haerther: https://haerther.net

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