Why the Word Tomato Is Pronounced Differently By English Speakers Worldwide But the Word Potato Is Not
Gideon of LetThemTalkTV explains why British English and American English say the word "tomato" differently but not the word potato.
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A Brief Animated History of the English Language
Harrison Holt of The Generalist Papers offered a very brief but thorough animated explanation of the history of the English language.
How Far Into the Past a Modern English Speaker Could Go and Still Be Able to Communicate With Others
Simon Whistler examines how far into the past a speaker of modern English could go and still be able to communicate sufficiently.