{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/625ef9d24e211c0013852324/6290ab1bc20673001264f1aa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Did We End Up Here? - Speaking English","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/625ef9d24e211c0013852324/1653649160072-a6e45574a2903706a8662d9107beb01c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The English language. It’s absolutely everywhere. At this point, there probably isn’t a person alive who doesn’t know at least a few words of English.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Us native English speakers use it 24 hours a day, whether reading, writing, talking, watching tv, listening to podcasts or just thinking or dreaming.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I’ll look at the ingredients that make up the English language, it’s development into the language we speak today, and the way in which English became globally dominant.</p><p><br></p><p>This is: <em>How did we end up here, </em>speaking English?</p><p><br></p><p>---------</p><p><br></p><p>Music: Nkhondo by 33nano, https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-nkhondo-16489/</p>","author_name":"AG"}