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CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet
CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Nov 7, 2023
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Podcast episode
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"For such a popular, well-known language, English is full of strange, seemingly arbitrary rules. Most people just accept these various idiosyncrasies... but Benjamin Franklin was not most people. In today's classic, listen as Ben and Noel explore Franklin's strange quest to revise the English language by cutting out old letters (and inventing new ones)."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Nov 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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