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John McWhorter: A brief history of plural word...s

All it takes is a simple S to make most English words plural. But it hasn't always worked that way (and there are, of course, exceptions). John McWhorter looks back to the good old days when English was newly split from German -- and books, names and eggs were beek, namen and eggru! [Directed by Lippy, narrated by John McWhorter].

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  • Originally Aired July 22, 2013
  • Runtime 4 minutes
  • Production Code _gwJHuEa9Jcv
  • Network YouTube
  • Created January 12, 2020 by
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