Building a Better Vocabulary Season 1 Episode 15 Words for the Way We Talk

  • TV-PG
  • January 30, 2015
  • 34 min

Study the fascinating stories behind words that describe how we speak - from the laconic Spartans to the pithy Jedi master to the loquacious ventriloquist. At the end of the lecture, return to Greece for the story behind a word inspired by the Athenian orator Demosthenes and his opinions about King.

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  • First Aired
    January 30, 2015
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    34 min
  • Language
    English
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