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' THIS ENGLISH'

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A series of programmes about the origins, growth, and peculiarities of the language we speak. Written and produced by Jenifer Wayne. Narrator, Carleton Hobbs 4—'
The First Dictionary, or The Cult of Correctness'

Contributors

Narrator:
Jenifer Wayne.
Narrator:
Carleton Hobbs

BBC Home Service Basic

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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