रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)

What a ride down #English language #History 🤩:

“How Far Back In Time Can You Understand English?”, Colin Gorrie (https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47061614

#Languages #Linguistics #Writing #OldEnglish #MiddleEnglish #England

How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

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Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Mar 7

A comment in the ensuing HN discussion (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107485), made me subscribe 🎧 to the excellent 👌🏽 “The History Of English” #podcast by Kevin Stroud:

https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/

An amazing exploration of the #history of the #English #language and speakers.

One of the absolute treasures of our time is The History of English Podcast. 186... | Hacker News

Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Mar 7

“Reading English From 1000 AD”, Lewis Campbell (https://lewiscampbell.tech/blog/260224.html).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47131980

#English #Language #History #Writing #OldEnglish #Linguistics #AngloSaxons #England

Reading English from 1000 AD

The past was not as foreign as we think.