Ways with Words - 1x13 - Episode 13- Followmy.tv

Enlisting the unlikely help of a large St Bernard dog, a group of Roman soldiers, and some Anglo Saxon villagers, presenter Neil Innes sets out to answer the question. "Who are the English?" in this, the last of the series probing curious corners of the English language. And as he continues his fun journey round the region probing the origins of everyday words and phrases, he is forced to wonder if the reason English has become such a global language is because it came from all over the world in the first place! Joining him on this final voyage of discovery is Henry a three-year-old St Bernard with an appointment at a grooming parlour in Bury St Edmunds. Not to mention the Roman soldiers he encounters in a pub in Essex. Or a village full of Anglo Saxon men, women and children at West Stow in Suffolk, Into this surreal line-up Neil also manages to introduce a wedding, an extract from Cilbert and Sullivan, and a visit to a cocktail bar, On the way from Ancient Britain to modern times he finds some intriguing clues to why we have the Romans to thank for pubs, trivia, honeymoons, socks and sandals, among other things. While it is virtually impossible to speak a sentence without an Anglo Saxon word in it today.