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I am glad to see the book is out ! Now, I am wondering if there will be e-book? The thing is the postal fees are quite high I guess. The book looks amazing

I used to be able to read Old Enhlish way back when I studied Enhlish literature before I switched to Graphic design. Starting with the middle English of the poems of the Gawain poet. Best read with a northern English accent, could be a starting point. Then just take a step back to Beowulf and the extracts in Sweets Anglo Saxon primer. Chaucer is so close to modern English its possibly an easier introduction for those more familiar with its descendant the Southern English accent.

Ōsweald is gōd bera (and gōd bōc)!

Changing the fable was so real of you. Conlanging should bring joy, why not make it joyful? Thank you for sharing.

cute outtake!

Mine arrived today. I am impressed with the weight of it. Very well made. Thank you!

This is the most interesting topic to randomly come across my feed.

I got my copy just today…25.Nov….lucky me I have something to distract me from Thanksgiving family drama..!!!

Please, please, just make a brief youtube reading the first page of Osweald aloud now! I know you have the full bells and whistles audio offering coming next year, but this would be so helpful for those of us just starting out with the book with no prior knowledge. Thanks!

Greetings and thanks from Germany. Osweald has already made his way over here and is excited to go on his journey 😀

Can’t wait for my copy to arrive!! And for the audiobook to be done 😍

I renew my petition to Make Thorn English Again.

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I found, at least for me, Hasenfratz's (and Jambeck's) "Reading Old English" revised edition easier to grasp than Peter Baker's (I bought both from Amazon). The only downside is there's no answer key for Hasenfratz's text, but I still prefer it. I think he has an informal one for instructors, but it's not publicly available. The disadvantage of self-learning is that one doesn't have to take tests, which would force one to memorize the paradigms. You do eventually start to remember them, but I still use (for instance) Peter Baker's cheat sheet even after finishing the text. I'll probably force myself to take time to memorize them. I think Mr Gorrie is correct about vocabulary and his suggested way of reading the text would certainly be optimal. I did order this text (pre-order) a few weeks back. Waiting for it to arrive and then the bear and I will be off on a journey of discovery.

Is rolling letters necessary? I have problems with those.

of course I have Osweald Bera in my hands!

Awaiting my copy now. Looking forward to it!

the 'y' vowel is also in the surfer *dude* dialect

Thank you Dr Gorrie! How many words do you think one should learn to become proficient at reading Old English texts?

IMMEDIATE BUY

Impressive. Good advice on how to use the book

I fall asleep listening to Simon Roper most nights. His videos are so restful.

and set up an Icelandic keyboard on your phone/computer! it'll have the æ,þ and ð letters you need to search OE words on Wiktionary, etc

Since the full cast audio is a little while in coming, could you provide a reading of the first chapter to help get the sounds of the language? Luke Ranieri's videos were helpful for Latin. (Confession: I haven't watched much of the other channel you mentioned, so there may be a few amount of OE phonetics there).

And now I’m wondering who the cast members of the recorded _Ōsweald_ will be …

Awesome! Great overview. Will it be in ebook format as well?

Can’t wait to read this! Crazy idea: have you considered reaching out to Jackson Crawford to see if he’d be interesting in creating something similar for Old Norse?

My order of Osweald Bera is currently processing. I can't wait to start reading!

it just sounds like swedish tbh

My bera-boc arrived today 🇬🇧. It looks great!

Just got my copy yesterday! Just started chapter 3!

Happy!! I'm so excited I temporarily lost the ability to articulate emotions

I’ve already ordered it and I’m really excited to dive in! I was wondering how accessible Middle English will be after reading it? Are there any resources or materials you recommend for bridging that gap. Or can one jumper straight into Chaucer?

Osweald has arrived in Sussex

My copy arrived to the UK today. It was definitely worth the wait. Any idea when the audio book will come out?

Will there be an ebook version?

Anyway to get this in NZ? An ebook perhaps? Shipping to NZ is so expensive.

I am excited to read it!

Putting this on my wishlist

Papae! Quam pulcherrimus tē ostendis, Nicolāe! Tē annī haud gravant!

I love the comments on the back cover. What a selection of people!

Congratulations!!!!

UGH i'm not even studying old english yet and i NEEEEED it

Welp, looks like I'm breaking the ol' wallet out

How do you determine a “standard” Old English to teach? Bc, as I understand it, the corpus is full of crazy variations (across space and time)

this one's for the algo <3

I'm curious how far your book gets into OE. Is it fairly complete in its coverage of the language, like Familia Romana, covering all the main grammar and vocab? Could I start to read some Beowulf after going through it (I'm an autodidact teen who likes learning dead languages lol)?

Woah, I had never considered learning Old English, but it's kinda cool, I guess!

FuuuuUuUk yeahhhhh

I've preordered mine a few days ago. I can't wait to read about all these ursine adventures in old England.