Americas Secret Slang Go For Broke S02E07 HDTV H.264 720.avi

Americas Secret Slang

Go for Broke
Premiere Date:July 26, 2014 - 09:00-10:00PM ET

In this episode, we look at the ways that American English has
been transformed by the Vikings, the Cold War, computers, music,
gambling, and the different meaning we give to the colors of the
rainbow. Why is a “red letter day” good, but being “in the red”
is bad? Why do we “boot up” a computer? What’s a “jackpot” and why
do we “hit” it? Did the term “Cold War” really begin in the Middle
Ages? And what’s the original meaning of the Viking word “thing”?
All these terms show the ways that American English has been invigorated
by crises from Viking invasions to the threat of nuclear war, and inspired
by the colors we see, the music hear…and the money we lose in bets.
And they prove that when it comes to our unique American language, we speak
our history every day. If you just know where to look.

H.264/AVI
1280 x 720
29.79 fps
Bitrate 2400
Audio MP3 2 ch
16 bit
44100 hz
192 kbps
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file size 810 mb

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