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Michael Penn
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I've studied Anglo-Saxon and only because of that I can make some sense out of it, say, in "Beowulf." But it might as well be Martian compared to the English of Chaucer, which is so very much more comprehensible. I had a professor in college long ago who insisted we memorize the prologue in the Middle English pronunciation. I can still do it to this day!
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Ted Pugliese
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My 12th grade English teacher could/would do the same.
It would still be very cool.
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Andrew Hess
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I was at synagogue a couple of months ago, and one of my friends was going over "The Canterbury Tales" with his son, and started rattling off the prologue in Middle English from memory; and then another friend came over to hear what was going on, and *he* chimed in as well!
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David Ferguson
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I'm always amazed at the number of accents in the UK and Ireland given their size. Dublin has a few of its own. Cork too. I can't understand some of our southern ones.
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David Ferguson
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Oh and none of them resemble anything heard on the big screen.
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