📚 1 Books mentioned in "Short Stuff: History of English | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW" of Stuff You Should Know
Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: Short Stuff: History of English | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Published on August 10, 2023
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The Canterbury Tales
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so this is like if you've ever read uh Chaucer which I did in college like the Canterbury Tales this is I thought like we read Old English summon college but there's no way because when I saw examples of Old English it's not even decipherable partly what I was reading was Middle English and and that's what Chaucer was
The speaker mentions reading "The Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer in college as an example of Middle English.