The Myth of Churchill’s Anglo-Saxon Words

Winston Churchill is famous for his preference for Anglo-Saxon words over Latinate ones. However, if you look deeper you see that this is a myth. It was debunked 60 years ago and yet the myth persists. Sign up for The Rambler newsletter here. https://letthemtalktv.substack.com/ It's full of interesting insights and stories about the English language and it's free! Become a Patreon of LetThemTalkTV Support the channel and get exclusive content. More information here. www.patreon.com/LetThemTalkTV 00:00 His Cigars, his with, his Anglo-Saxon words. 02:12 We shall fight them on the beaches and other speaches. 06:25 Origins of the myth. 09:33 "short words are best". 10:54 His writings. 12:27 His contemporaries and writing advice. Professor Louis Foley's 1966 paper that debunks the Churchill Anglo-Saxon words myth https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2887&context=reading_horizons #churchill #winstonchurchill #winstonchurchillquotes #anglosaxon