What stage in the development of the English language came after Old English but before Modern English?
Correct answer: Middle English
Smile4uhun
I dig this explanation. Very interesting question...
Player #48458
Smile4uhun, this is why modern readers can't understand middle English. I tried to read Geoffrey Chaucer book but o couldn't.
Birdiemom
Player #48458, some of us can, but you have to sort of 'interpolate', and guess at the missing words according to context. But when you're hard of hearing like me, you do that a lot anyhow.
slomogeo
Smile4uhun, ive been playing almost 1 year, i feel less dumb
BlueEyedAlien
Middle English brought the blending of Anglo-Saxon with Norman French. The reason English has the richest vocabulary is that from the beginning, it was really two languages.
Player #10058678
it was about the time of middle earth came of age .. I believe Gandalf the gray was the first user
arohanui
are you suggesting that Gaelic developed from Northumbrian? That just can't be right.
CyanJaguar62
TwoTin16, I found Russian to be difficult to learn due to the difference in alphabets. The many languages with masculine and feminine forms can be challenging too.
Jo
Thanks YT videos, your lessons in history and etymology have finally come in handy
Player #25874027
Jo,
In this context it means ‘miss’
As in “ You can miss letters “
Player Darius
Player #7719043, how true
Player #42609
Smile4uhun, I believe it was called “The King’s English “
Player #3989540
is the spelling of medievial deliberate?