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The patron Saint of England, although he was not an English man and it
is highly unlikely he even ever went to England. George is in fact a
Saint with connections to countries across the globe. The story of his
determination and faith in the face of oppression is an inspiration to
people everywhere.

Strip away the myth and the judgement and find out what we know about
George the man!

The article is also available on our website

Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, although he was not Irish. He is celebrated on March 17th , known as Saint Patrick's Day, which has become a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and heritage.

Learn more about the life and works of Saint Patrick, the slave who became a saint and is now the global patron of excessive drinking! 

The celebration of his feast day has become so synonymous with partying that it has become a global phenomenon, but you may be surprised as to what you discover about festivities on this day around the world. Read more in our associated article here. 

Find the original script article here. 

Get the B2 Saint Patrick's Day teaching worksheet here. 

"Hello again word lovers!"  

A finale to our first series of Interesting Etymologies as Charly dives  into a hotch-potch, a mish-mash of his favourite etymologies.   Join us for a last short journey before we prepare for series two.  Knotts, Clue, Fiesty, Glamour, loss of S on words, Sly, Tawdry, Canary Islands  and Halycon  

The associated article on our website is available here

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Short story The Bet, part of our Soundbook collection.   

The tale sees a banker recalling a dinner party some 15 years previous  in which he entered into an extraordinary bet with a young lawyer. After  a passionate conversation on capital punishment the lawyer concludes he  would prefer life imprisonment to death. The banker offered him 2  million Roubles if he could withstand 15 years of such isolation.  



A B2 worksheet to accompany this story is available on our website here 



An accompanying article including the full text in downloadable PDF is  available on our website here



A biography of Chekhov can be found on our website here



Music: Autumn Leaves by Maarten Schellekens

"Hello again word lovers!"  Some interesting examples of curious opposites in English in this penultimate episode of series one of Interesting Etymologies.  

The associated article on our website is available here  



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"Hello again Word Lovers!"

In this episode we examine some words that have come into English from African. This is not as distinct from PIE roots as you mat first think.

We have many examples of animal and vegetable/fruit names but some words that have made their way into English via the slave trade which have significant influence on music. 

Associated episodes include Ebonics and The Jazz Age to discover more on some of these words.

An associated article is available on our website here and all episodes are also available on YouTube