Old english

Over the past few months we've taken a look at some of the sights of the Glasgow language, how we tend to talk to each other in the city, and how it is perceived by our counterparts (not so lucky) non-Glaswegians. This includes a look at!-->…

By John McWhorter, Ph.D., Columbia University We know that there are about 6,000 languages ​​and that they keep changing, and that this change results in the production of dialects. We also know…

The English alphabet had additional letters which have been lost over the centuries. While our alphabet today consists of 26 letters, the inhabitants of medieval Britain had six additional characters to play with. 3 They were part of the…

As any schoolboy can tell you, the alphabet we currently use is made up of 26 letters. However, until not so long ago, this group of letters featured a few other…

I went to college a little later than most. Excited but nervous about embarking on a degree - in English Literature - which requires all students to learn Old English, I asked a friend what studying the language was like.…

To celebrate words, sometimes you have to look to their roots. Victoria writer Patrick Friesen has done just that with his new book of poetry, Songen. In Middle English - the English language as it was spoken between the early Middle…

Here, we reveal some of Susie's favorite words that may soon return to our daily use.BEEK (1300s) To bask in the sun and surrender to the warmth of its rays on your skin. PHILODOX (1500s) Someone who is wholly and exclusively in…

As a child in Henderson County in the late 1940s and early 1950s, I was privileged to be part of two worlds: the old and the new.At Tuxedo Elementary School, students received an education at a level comparable to that of many private…

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Abby jackson March 28, 2017, 4:00 a.m. You no longer hear the word "snollygoster". Flickr / Jeroen Elfferich. Licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 Over the years, the language evolves. In fact, many of the words we use…

Medieval times(You don't hear the word "snollygoster" anymore. Flickr / Jeroen Elfferich) Over the years, the language evolves. In fact, many of the words we use today, such as "dazzling" and "addiction," were coined by William…

In the beginning The alarm, the widely and rightly praised novel by Paul Kingsnorth on the Norman Conquest, the narrator laments his losses. Once a privileged English landowner, Buccmaster has watched the French invaders…

Steven Masters, who is one of the main designers working on Assassin's Creed III, has promised that the next game will use authentic vocabulary from the era in which it is set and be specific about the historical events it…

Let's face it, no matter how many times your english teacher rambling on how cool Shakespeare is, his business isn't so cool easy to read. We're not talking a few funny words, like in Doctor Seuss - spoke Elizabethan…