I found this article mediocre and its conceit, that English is “weirdly different”, not well justified.<p>But what I have discovered recently, on the same subject, is a podcast called <i>The History of English</i> [1]. It&#x27;s very, very detailed. So far there have been 69 episodes made, each about 45 minutes long, and the creator has only just got up to the Norman Invasion. I&#x27;ve listened to the first 22 episodes and in the last two episodes it&#x27;s only just started discussing Old Germanic. So maybe more detailed than most people want but it&#x27;s very good and quite easy to listen to.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;historyofenglishpodcast.com&#x2F;episodes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;historyofenglishpodcast.com&#x2F;episodes&#x2F;</a>