Reviews

‘I think this is great fun … equivalences are really clever and ingenious’ 

- Prof. David Crystal, Linguist, author of the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language

Derby Evening Telegraph, 29.9.09 links:

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/WONDERFUL-WORDHOARD-BOOKLY-ONWIELD/article-1375308-detail/article.html

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Old-England-lost-tongue-Harold-got-eye/article-1375317-detail/article.html/

Radio 4's Today Programme, 27th Oct 2009, link (scroll down to the 8.25 slot):

(A websearch will yield a number of podcasts of this interview/ discussion with John Humphries, Prof Clive Upton and the Author)

Fr Andrew Philips, specialist writer on Old English Saints, Old Engish Church and William Barnes:

''At long last, yes, it has taken 943 years, someone has written systematically about what English would probably have been like, had the Norman-French invasion and occupation not taken place... explains very logically and in simple and popular language how he has projected English as it might have been... this is a fascinating and highly educational book which we would recommend to anyone interested in the English language or languages in general.''

Joseph Biddulph, Publisher of minority/ special interest language books:

''I am very impressed ... approach should enable people to get a lot of linguistics under their belt without even realising it.''

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