The Secret Life of Words: English Words and Their Origins
Other by Professor Anne Curzan
Released 2012
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 1Anne Curzan1:36
- 2Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 2Anne Curzan5:33
- 3Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 3Anne Curzan5:46
- 4Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 4Anne Curzan5:57
- 5Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 5Anne Curzan6:19
- 6Lecture 01: Winning Words, Banished Words, Part 6Anne Curzan6:36
- 7Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 1Anne Curzan5:12
- 8Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 2Anne Curzan5:34
- 9Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 3Anne Curzan5:04
- 10Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 4Anne Curzan5:07
- 11Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 5Anne Curzan5:40
- 12Lecture 02: The Life of a Word, from Birth to Death, Part 6Anne Curzan4:16
- CD 2
- 1Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 1Anne Curzan5:12
- 2Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 2Anne Curzan4:55
- 3Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 3Anne Curzan4:47
- 4Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 4Anne Curzan5:04
- 5Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 5Anne Curzan5:19
- 6Lecture 03: The Human Hands behind Dictionaries, Part 6Anne Curzan5:11
- 7Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 1Anne Curzan5:29
- 8Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 2Anne Curzan4:24
- 9Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 3Anne Curzan5:52
- 10Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 4Anne Curzan4:20
- 11Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 5Anne Curzan5:18
- 12Lecture 04: Treasure Houses, Theft, and Traps, Part 6Anne Curzan4:49
- CD 3
- 1Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 1Anne Curzan5:07
- 2Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 2Anne Curzan4:51
- 3Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 3Anne Curzan5:22
- 4Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 4Anne Curzan4:40
- 5Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 5Anne Curzan4:59
- 6Lecture 05: Yarn and Clues—New Word Meanings, Part 6Anne Curzan5:49
- 7Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 1Anne Curzan5:01
- 8Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 2Anne Curzan5:22
- 9Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 3Anne Curzan4:54
- 10Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 4Anne Curzan4:48
- 11Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 5Anne Curzan5:04
- 12Lecture 06: Smog, Mob, Bling—New Words, Part 6Anne Curzan5:39
- CD 4
- 1Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 1Anne Curzan4:54
- 2Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 2Anne Curzan5:00
- 3Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 3Anne Curzan5:10
- 4Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 4Anne Curzan5:05
- 5Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 5Anne Curzan5:03
- 6Lecture 07: “Often” versus “Offen”—Pronunciation, Part 6Anne Curzan4:35
- 7Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 1Anne Curzan4:55
- 8Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 2Anne Curzan5:18
- 9Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 3Anne Curzan4:57
- 10Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 4Anne Curzan5:01
- 11Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 5Anne Curzan4:50
- 12Lecture 08: Fighting over Zippers, Part 6Anne Curzan4:43
- CD 5
- 1Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 1Anne Curzan5:34
- 2Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 2Anne Curzan4:30
- 3Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 3Anne Curzan5:35
- 4Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 4Anne Curzan4:29
- 5Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 5Anne Curzan5:12
- 6Lecture 09: Opening the Early English Word-Hoard, Part 6Anne Curzan5:01
- 7Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 1Anne Curzan5:24
- 8Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 2Anne Curzan4:50
- 9Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 3Anne Curzan4:43
- 10Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 4Anne Curzan5:25
- 11Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 5Anne Curzan4:41
- 12Lecture 10: Safe and Sound—The French Invasion, Part 6Anne Curzan4:38
- CD 6
- 1Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 1Anne Curzan5:03
- 2Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 2Anne Curzan5:01
- 3Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 3Anne Curzan4:50
- 4Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 4Anne Curzan4:58
- 5Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 5Anne Curzan4:55
- 6Lecture 11: Magnifical Dexterity—Latin and Learning, Part 6Anne Curzan3:38
- 7Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 1Anne Curzan5:05
- 8Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 2Anne Curzan5:11
- 9Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 3Anne Curzan4:47
- 10Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 4Anne Curzan5:07
- 11Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 5Anne Curzan4:58
- 12Lecture 12: Chutzpah to Pajamas—World Borrowings, Part 6Anne Curzan4:59
- CD 7
- 1Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 1Anne Curzan5:16
- 2Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 2Anne Curzan4:50
- 3Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 3Anne Curzan4:55
- 4Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 4Anne Curzan5:18
- 5Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 5Anne Curzan4:46
- 6Lecture 13: The Pop/Soda/Coke Divide, Part 6Anne Curzan5:08
- 7Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 1Anne Curzan5:02
- 8Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 2Anne Curzan5:36
- 9Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 3Anne Curzan4:39
- 10Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 4Anne Curzan4:38
- 11Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 5Anne Curzan6:44
- 12Lecture 14: Maths, Wombats, and Les Bluejeans, Part 6Anne Curzan5:59
- CD 8
- 1Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 1Anne Curzan5:00
- 2Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 2Anne Curzan4:55
- 3Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 3Anne Curzan5:10
- 4Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 4Anne Curzan5:15
- 5Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 5Anne Curzan4:49
- 6Lecture 15: Foot and Pedestrian—Word Cousins, Part 6Anne Curzan4:30
- 7Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 1Anne Curzan5:11
- 8Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 2Anne Curzan5:13
- 9Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 3Anne Curzan4:40
- 10Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 4Anne Curzan4:58
- 11Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 5Anne Curzan5:20
- 12Lecture 16: Desultory Somersaults—Latin Roots, Part 6Anne Curzan4:49
- CD 9
- 1Lecture 17: Analogous Prologues—Greek Roots, Part 1Anne Curzan5:11
- 2Lecture 17: Analogous Prologues—Greek Roots, Part 2Anne Curzan4:55
- 3Lecture 17: Analogous Prologues—Greek Roots, Part 3Anne Curzan4:57
- 4Lecture 17: Analogous Prologues—Greek Roots, Part 4Anne Curzan4:59
- 5Lecture 17: Analogous Prologues—Greek Roots, Part 5Anne Curzan4:59
- 6Lecture 17: Analogous Prologues—Greek Roots, Part 6Anne Curzan6:45
- 7Lecture 18: The Tough Stuff of English Spelling, Part 1Anne Curzan5:02
- 8Lecture 18: The Tough Stuff of English Spelling, Part 2Anne Curzan5:02
- 9Lecture 18: The Tough Stuff of English Spelling, Part 3Anne Curzan5:20
- 10Lecture 18: The Tough Stuff of English Spelling, Part 4Anne Curzan5:08
- 11Lecture 18: The Tough Stuff of English Spelling, Part 5Anne Curzan4:36
- 12Lecture 18: The Tough Stuff of English Spelling, Part 6Anne Curzan5:15
- CD 10
- 1Lecture 19: The b in Debt—Meddling in Spelling, Part 1Anne Curzan4:53
- 2Lecture 19: The b in Debt—Meddling in Spelling, Part 2Anne Curzan5:07
- 3Lecture 19: The b in Debt—Meddling in Spelling, Part 3Anne Curzan5:05
- 4Lecture 19: The b in Debt—Meddling in Spelling, Part 4Anne Curzan5:23
- 5Lecture 19: The b in Debt—Meddling in Spelling, Part 5Anne Curzan5:01
- 6Lecture 19: The b in Debt—Meddling in Spelling, Part 6Anne Curzan5:39
- 7Lecture 20: Of Mice, Men, and Y’All, Part 1Anne Curzan5:26
- 8Lecture 20: Of Mice, Men, and Y’All, Part 2Anne Curzan4:47
- 9Lecture 20: Of Mice, Men, and Y’All, Part 3Anne Curzan4:49
- 10Lecture 20: Of Mice, Men, and Y’All, Part 4Anne Curzan5:03
- 11Lecture 20: Of Mice, Men, and Y’All, Part 5Anne Curzan5:10
- 12Lecture 20: Of Mice, Men, and Y’All, Part 6Anne Curzan5:16
- CD 11
- 1Lecture 21: I’m Good … Or Am I Well?, Part 1Anne Curzan5:18
- 2Lecture 21: I’m Good … Or Am I Well?, Part 2Anne Curzan4:37
- 3Lecture 21: I’m Good … Or Am I Well?, Part 3Anne Curzan5:05
- 4Lecture 21: I’m Good … Or Am I Well?, Part 4Anne Curzan5:02
- 5Lecture 21: I’m Good … Or Am I Well?, Part 5Anne Curzan4:53
- 6Lecture 21: I’m Good … Or Am I Well?, Part 6Anne Curzan3:59
- 7Lecture 22: How Snuck Sneaked In, Part 1Anne Curzan5:13
- 8Lecture 22: How Snuck Sneaked In, Part 2Anne Curzan4:47
- 9Lecture 22: How Snuck Sneaked In, Part 3Anne Curzan5:13
- 10Lecture 22: How Snuck Sneaked In, Part 4Anne Curzan5:09
- 11Lecture 22: How Snuck Sneaked In, Part 5Anne Curzan4:17
- 12Lecture 22: How Snuck Sneaked In, Part 6Anne Curzan5:16
- CD 12
- 1Lecture 23: Um, Well, Like, You Know, Part 1Anne Curzan5:03
- 2Lecture 23: Um, Well, Like, You Know, Part 2Anne Curzan4:53
- 3Lecture 23: Um, Well, Like, You Know, Part 3Anne Curzan5:04
- 4Lecture 23: Um, Well, Like, You Know, Part 4Anne Curzan5:02
- 5Lecture 23: Um, Well, Like, You Know, Part 5Anne Curzan5:47
- 6Lecture 23: Um, Well, Like, You Know, Part 6Anne Curzan6:34
- 7Lecture 24: Wicked Cool—The Irreverence of Slang, Part 1Anne Curzan4:58
- 8Lecture 24: Wicked Cool—The Irreverence of Slang, Part 2Anne Curzan5:20
- 9Lecture 24: Wicked Cool—The Irreverence of Slang, Part 3Anne Curzan5:20
- 10Lecture 24: Wicked Cool—The Irreverence of Slang, Part 4Anne Curzan4:48
- 11Lecture 24: Wicked Cool—The Irreverence of Slang, Part 5Anne Curzan4:45
- 12Lecture 24: Wicked Cool—The Irreverence of Slang, Part 6Anne Curzan4:10
- CD 13
- 1Lecture 25: Boy Toys and Bad Eggs—Slangy Wordplay, Part 1Anne Curzan5:19
- 2Lecture 25: Boy Toys and Bad Eggs—Slangy Wordplay, Part 2Anne Curzan5:52
- 3Lecture 25: Boy Toys and Bad Eggs—Slangy Wordplay, Part 3Anne Curzan5:37
- 4Lecture 25: Boy Toys and Bad Eggs—Slangy Wordplay, Part 4Anne Curzan6:08
- 5Lecture 25: Boy Toys and Bad Eggs—Slangy Wordplay, Part 5Anne Curzan5:30
- 6Lecture 25: Boy Toys and Bad Eggs—Slangy Wordplay, Part 6Anne Curzan3:43
- 7Lecture 26: Spinster, Bachelor, Guy, Dude, Part 1Anne Curzan4:51
- 8Lecture 26: Spinster, Bachelor, Guy, Dude, Part 2Anne Curzan5:14
- 9Lecture 26: Spinster, Bachelor, Guy, Dude, Part 3Anne Curzan5:30
- 10Lecture 26: Spinster, Bachelor, Guy, Dude, Part 4Anne Curzan4:57
- 11Lecture 26: Spinster, Bachelor, Guy, Dude, Part 5Anne Curzan5:35
- 12Lecture 26: Spinster, Bachelor, Guy, Dude, Part 6Anne Curzan4:28
- CD 14
- 1Lecture 27: Firefighters and Freshpersons, Part 1Anne Curzan4:51
- 2Lecture 27: Firefighters and Freshpersons, Part 2Anne Curzan5:05
- 3Lecture 27: Firefighters and Freshpersons, Part 3Anne Curzan4:57
- 4Lecture 27: Firefighters and Freshpersons, Part 4Anne Curzan4:56
- 5Lecture 27: Firefighters and Freshpersons, Part 5Anne Curzan5:27
- 6Lecture 27: Firefighters and Freshpersons, Part 6Anne Curzan4:30
- 7Lecture 28: A Slam Dunk—The Language of Sports, Part 1Anne Curzan5:19
- 8Lecture 28: A Slam Dunk—The Language of Sports, Part 2Anne Curzan5:09
- 9Lecture 28: A Slam Dunk—The Language of Sports, Part 3Anne Curzan4:42
- 10Lecture 28: A Slam Dunk—The Language of Sports, Part 4Anne Curzan4:31
- 11Lecture 28: A Slam Dunk—The Language of Sports, Part 5Anne Curzan5:21
- 12Lecture 28: A Slam Dunk—The Language of Sports, Part 6Anne Curzan5:26
- CD 15
- 1Lecture 29: Fooling Around—The Language of Love, Part 1Anne Curzan5:33
- 2Lecture 29: Fooling Around—The Language of Love, Part 2Anne Curzan5:00
- 3Lecture 29: Fooling Around—The Language of Love, Part 3Anne Curzan5:21
- 4Lecture 29: Fooling Around—The Language of Love, Part 4Anne Curzan5:35
- 5Lecture 29: Fooling Around—The Language of Love, Part 5Anne Curzan4:56
- 6Lecture 29: Fooling Around—The Language of Love, Part 6Anne Curzan4:03
- 7Lecture 30: Gung Ho—The Language of War, Part 1Anne Curzan4:44
- 8Lecture 30: Gung Ho—The Language of War, Part 2Anne Curzan5:17
- 9Lecture 30: Gung Ho—The Language of War, Part 3Anne Curzan5:32
- 10Lecture 30: Gung Ho—The Language of War, Part 4Anne Curzan5:26
- 11Lecture 30: Gung Ho—The Language of War, Part 5Anne Curzan5:24
- 12Lecture 30: Gung Ho—The Language of War, Part 6Anne Curzan4:32
- CD 16
- 1Lecture 31: Filibustering—The Language of Politics, Part 1Anne Curzan4:56
- 2Lecture 31: Filibustering—The Language of Politics, Part 2Anne Curzan5:37
- 3Lecture 31: Filibustering—The Language of Politics, Part 3Anne Curzan4:33
- 4Lecture 31: Filibustering—The Language of Politics, Part 4Anne Curzan5:03
- 5Lecture 31: Filibustering—The Language of Politics, Part 5Anne Curzan4:42
- 6Lecture 31: Filibustering—The Language of Politics, Part 6Anne Curzan4:39
- 7Lecture 32: LOL—The Language of the Internet, Part 1Anne Curzan5:21
- 8Lecture 32: LOL—The Language of the Internet, Part 2Anne Curzan5:01
- 9Lecture 32: LOL—The Language of the Internet, Part 3Anne Curzan4:45
- 10Lecture 32: LOL—The Language of the Internet, Part 4Anne Curzan5:35
- 11Lecture 32: LOL—The Language of the Internet, Part 5Anne Curzan5:23
- 12Lecture 32: LOL—The Language of the Internet, Part 6Anne Curzan5:40
- CD 17
- 1Lecture 33: #$@%!—Forbidden Words, Part 1Anne Curzan5:26
- 2Lecture 33: #$@%!—Forbidden Words, Part 2Anne Curzan4:53
- 3Lecture 33: #$@%!—Forbidden Words, Part 3Anne Curzan5:26
- 4Lecture 33: #$@%!—Forbidden Words, Part 4Anne Curzan5:21
- 5Lecture 33: #$@%!—Forbidden Words, Part 5Anne Curzan5:21
- 6Lecture 33: #$@%!—Forbidden Words, Part 6Anne Curzan4:30
- 7Lecture 34: Couldn’t (or Could) Care Less, Part 1Anne Curzan4:54
- 8Lecture 34: Couldn’t (or Could) Care Less, Part 2Anne Curzan5:10
- 9Lecture 34: Couldn’t (or Could) Care Less, Part 3Anne Curzan4:46
- 10Lecture 34: Couldn’t (or Could) Care Less, Part 4Anne Curzan5:29
- 11Lecture 34: Couldn’t (or Could) Care Less, Part 5Anne Curzan4:48
- 12Lecture 34: Couldn’t (or Could) Care Less, Part 6Anne Curzan5:07
- CD 18
- 1Lecture 35: Musquirt and Other Lexical Gaps, Part 1Anne Curzan5:09
- 2Lecture 35: Musquirt and Other Lexical Gaps, Part 2Anne Curzan5:07
- 3Lecture 35: Musquirt and Other Lexical Gaps, Part 3Anne Curzan5:45
- 4Lecture 35: Musquirt and Other Lexical Gaps, Part 4Anne Curzan5:43
- 5Lecture 35: Musquirt and Other Lexical Gaps, Part 5Anne Curzan5:11
- 6Lecture 35: Musquirt and Other Lexical Gaps, Part 6Anne Curzan5:06
- 7Lecture 36: Playing Fast and Loose with Words, Part 1Anne Curzan5:27
- 8Lecture 36: Playing Fast and Loose with Words, Part 2Anne Curzan5:13
- 9Lecture 36: Playing Fast and Loose with Words, Part 3Anne Curzan4:51
- 10Lecture 36: Playing Fast and Loose with Words, Part 4Anne Curzan6:00
- 11Lecture 36: Playing Fast and Loose with Words, Part 5Anne Curzan5:33
- 12Lecture 36: Playing Fast and Loose with Words, Part 6Anne Curzan5:52