Fwd: [THEL] Do You Speak American

[Dennis R. Preston]

CLOSE! Wait til you see some of the actors!

dInIs

>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"The Story of English" can be superceded if one's library can afford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>


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