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Middle English is beautiful

I’m a PhD student in Medieval English and found this the most useful video on RUclips for practicing my pronunciation! Thanks so much!

I'm a 2nd speaker of English & I find Middle English familiar somehow although it sounds ambiguous in some terms. I've read many Middle English poems but sadly they're translated to Modern English except Canterbury Tales which is just as yours the original text accompanied by annotations to clarify the meanings of some words & footnotes to offer a context & deep dimension to the text. It's fun to read such texts & try to get the gist of the meaning as if I decipher a code! Thanks for your guidance!

Yes on reading it out loud- it is so much more fun and intelligible.

Would it be correct to pronounce veyne like trump pronounces china😂

Old English changed into modern English, it’s dead in the same way Latin is dead.

Thank you so much for this. What edition are you using as mine does not have notes in the margin for clarification?

Get Frenchy? No. The French and the Germans roll their Rs at the back of the tongue. You are doing a tip of the tongue roll, which is more Italian, Spanish or Welsh. Small criticism aside, congratulations. Excellent pronunciation, which came as a surprise. 🇬🇧👍

Thank you for taking the time to put this up! I loved it!

Excellent 😊

Thank you, this is super helpful! One question: is the "r" pronounced the same in "inspired" and "shoures", and is it rolled in the back of the throat like French, or more toward the tip of the tongue (like Japanese- I don't know the proper term)? Or is it more like Spanish? Thank you!

Was planning to try reading the whole thing but wanted to make sure I was using the right pronunciation. Thanks so much for this.

Very cool!

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cool stuff

cool stuff

Too cool! Thank you so much. Merrily sing, cuku!

Ohh my god, finally found a video explaing how should I read canterbury, i purchased the book and became so confused when i couldn't read a page. hahahhaa

Thank you.

I love the Canterbury Tales, one day I'll take a class on it. Thanks for putting this lecture online :)

I would argue Christianity doesn't teach that the human body is disgusting; just that it is fading away. There's a difference between hating the mortal and acknowledging mortality. They were just acknowledging this life is temporary and believing the best was yet to come.

Thank you for your time soooo much

Excellent, thanks very much

This is fantastic! Thank you for your excellent explanation and demonstration :)

Thank you, my teacher in 1981 must have know what she was talking about when she made us commit this hallowed prologue to heart. Still there in my heart it remains...as well as in the heart of my Father and my Mother and all our kin. These words are sacred. They pronounced these words much like you.

Nice explanation of pronounciation of middle English words

This is really helpful, thank you for uploading.

Your English is easy to catch even for non native speaker☺️ Thank you to post.