English Language History
‘Sumer is icumen in’
‘Sumer is icumen in’ in both Audio and text versions. Middle English Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweş sed and bloweş med And spr…
English Language History
The history of the English Language.
English Language History
Short Poem & Numbers in Modern Frisian
Short Poem & Numbers in Modern Frisian in both Audio and text versions. Modern Frisian Būter, brea, en griene tsiis, Wa't dat net sizze kin…
English Language History
Nigerian Pidgin English
Nigerian Pidgin English in both Audio and text versions. Nigerian Pidgin English How Bodi. How You Dey? I dey fine. Why you dey give me waha…
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The Lord’s Prayer in Old English
The Lord’s Prayer in Old English in both Audio and text versions with Middle English and Modern English translations. Old English Fæder ure…
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Excerpt from ‘Le Chanson de Roland’ in Norman French
Excerpt from ‘Le Chanson de Roland’ in Norman French in both Audio and text versions. Anglo-Norman Carles li reis, nostre emperere magnes, S…
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Birhtwold’s Speech from ‘The Battle of Maldon’
Birhtwold’s Speech from ‘The Battle of Maldon’ in both Audio and text versions. Old English Hyge sceal þy heardra, heorte þy cenre, Mod scea…
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Beginning of the ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’
Beginning of the ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ in both Audio and text versions. Middle English Sişen şe sege and şe assaut watz sesed at…
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Beginning of the Prologue of Beowulf
Beginning of the Prologue of Beowulf in both Audio and text versions. Old English Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,…
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Beginning of the General Prologue to Chaucers Canterbury Tales
Beginning of the General Prologue to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in both Audio and text versions. Middle English Whan that Aprill with his sh…
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Passage from the ‘Ormulum’
Passage from the ‘Ormulum’ in both Audio and text versions. Middle English Þiss boc iss nemmnedd Orrmulum, Forr þi þatt Orrm itt wrohhte. Ic…
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Example of the American Dialect
Example of the American Dialect in audio format with text transcript. Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the st…
English Language History
Babu English: an ornate English used in Indian legal circles
Babu English: an ornate English used in Indian legal circles in both Audio and text versions. Sir, It is submitted here for your kind and sy…