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Keel to Kimchi: Tracing the Path of English Words
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Published 4 days, 12 hours ago
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From the first surviving English word recorded by Gildas to the borrowing of the term “telescope,” and the culinary lexicon that maps England’s global reach, this episode unpacks how words travel, transform, and reveal cultural shifts. We trace the paths of etymology, printing, and digital diffusion that have shaped modern English.
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