Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2023-08-09
Books mentioned on Short Stuff: History of English
Who spoke English first and what was it like? Nothing like it is today.
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Canterbury Tales
“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”