Your host Hans Hamrd brings you another episode of Drunk on Language.  This time, we cover what the heck happened to the written form of English in 1755, and why millions of kids are tortured with spelling bees each year.

''The Story of English'' by Philip Gooden.  Dr. Johnson's Dictionary (Episode 6/siex)

We have fun with language here.  If you accidentally learn something, we're sorry.

My influences and inspirations for the Drunk on Language Book Club include: Nativlang, Xidnaf, Rick Steves, Drunk History, Langfocus, Game of Thrones Abridged, My Drunk Kitchen with Hannah Hart, and Mextalki.
The men in my life: Jim Beam, Jack Daniel, José Cuervo, Los Kunstmanns, Captain Morgan, Don Q, Pyotr Smirnoff, Mike and his ''Hard Lemonade''.      

And Brendon Urie.  -heavy breathing-

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