Journeys in English

A bloody brilliant piece of work. It's been ages (almost over a year) that I have really enjoyed an audiobook.
In India, there is a comic monologue in a movie, where Amitabh Bachchan states, now what is a cliched sentence in India - "English is a funny language!", which most non-native English speakers would agree with. It is indeed a funny language. And this work by Bill Bryson explains why.
It is difficult not to appreciate the language and its history after listening to this BBC production. If nothing else, the book is hilarious because, "English IS a funny language!"

When I purchased this on Audible I was under the impression that is was a radio show, so I was thrown a little when the first few segments made it obvious that it was the audio from a TV program. It wasn't debilitating; 90% of the program was just fine to listen to; it was just that 10% when it was clear you were supposed to be seeing what he saw.

I did enjoy it though; it was a nice encapsulation of Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue and listening to this so soon after finished the book solidified a few things in my head that might have otherwise just wisped right out. And yes, I just made up the word 'wisped' - my contribution to the evolution of the language. :D

The always informative and entertaining Bill Bryson strikes gold yet again with "Journeys in English". An audiobook based upon six BBC4 podcasts about the English language. Multiple experts and examples are presented throughout. A fast and interesting read (listen) for completist Bryson fans.

Bill Bryson presents an interesting study of the English Language - really a collection of his BBC broadcasts which actually works much better as an audio book because you can hear the pronunciation and accents. Interesting as a starting point that you can see he has built on in some of his latter books on English.

This was good as an audio book because of the accents and the dialects, which would have been difficult to portray as text. It's gotten me interested in my English and Gaelic roots.

This did a decent job of addressing multiple aspects of the language in a fairly entertaining way.

BILL BRYSON presents a fascinating exploration of THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. This highly entertaining BBC Radio 4 series is written and presented by Bill Bryson and based on his bestselling book, Mother Tongue... (clip taken from a library synopsis)

My review: good "read" (listen actually) . This isn't so much a book but rather a collection or radio programs. I enjoyed it immensely but the quality was not the best. Some interviews were hard to hear, some talk a little slurred, some scratchy. Overall good.