Fwd: [THEL] Do You Speak American

[Barbara Need]

My Sunday paper had the first item mentioned in two places: the TV
section and Parade Magazine.

Barbara

>From: Dan Mosser <dmosser at vt.edu>
>To: thel at wiz.cath.vt.edu
>Subject: [THEL] Do You Speak American
>List-Id: Teaching the History of the English Language <thel.wiz.cath.vt.edu>
>
>Wednesday on PBS, Robert McNeil's new "Do You Speak American?" has
>its premier.  My students having been longing for a more current
>version of American Tongues--let's hope this is close.
>(http://www.pbs.org/previews/speak_american/)
>
>There's also a new (expensive) set of videos on "The Adventure of
>English, 500 A.D. to 2000" (Films for the Humanities), so possibly
>"The Story of English" can be superceded if one's library can afford
>the nearly $1000 price tag.
>
>Happy New Year THELions.
>--
>
>Dan Mosser <dmosser at vt.edu>