A humorous self deprecating but humorous way of providing how English has evolved and formed throughout history. This is without a doubt 10 minutes well spent.
The title of this review really says everything I want to say, but I'll elaborate a bit down here. These miniature language classes tell lots about the English language, while keeping it fun! The animation style is pretty cool, and the OU keep it funny while not going overboard.
My one gripe is the video quality: it's only a couple hundred pixels tall, and bits of text close to the edge are sometimes clipped off.
Regardless of this, I highly recommend downloading this immediately!
Absolutely a hoot AND educational--a perfect combo for someone like me, an English teacher, albeit one or two may be perceived as rated "R." Nonetheless, quite entertaining!
This is laugh-out-loud funny and historically accurate. I love the snarky take on word origins and frenzied pace- I wish this took longer than ten minutes!
Fast, and clever (and the British clever, meaning brilliant and genius - not the american meaning of merely streetwise) this little series gave me more laughs than minutes of info, and I managed to learn something! I know stuffs now!
Lovely someone decided to encapsulate the history of the English language in 10 minutes - but I wouldn't mind 12, 13 or 15 minutes if the narrator slows down a bit :)