Give me back my language, By J.L. Reiter
The Society
The English language changes over time. Many of us remember reading Beowulf in Old English and understanding little without the notes, not getting the jokes in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, and understanding the music of Shakespeare but not always his meaning. Chunks of the King James Bible are incomprehensible to someone with an average education today. …
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