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Ever wondered where the word hoo-ha comes from? Why there ain't no party like a double negative party? And why bead doesn't rhyme with bread, machine doesn't rhyme with nine, and don't get me started on yearly and early? From gangs of gung-ho Anglo-Saxons and smelly Vikings to Covidiots and Instagram influencers, from enormous vowel movements to katsu curries self-isolating in the Twitterverse, this one-woman show by poet, spoken word artist, former 'A' level English lecturer and all-round linguistics nerd, Melanie Branton, explores the fascinating history of the English language through the media of performance poetry, silly hats and dad jokes.