Grammar Spice Recites from Canterbury Tales

[ujustlostthegame777]

Thank you very much! You are a good teacher.

[ujustlostthegame777]

I will, I would never take credit for someone else's work- don't worry!!!

[fkrinsky]

You are a true scholar!!!GS

[ujustlostthegame777]

I am reciting it for a project and I'm really good at it now! Thanks for the reply- and thanks for the help!

[fkrinsky]

Be a sport and credit Grammar Spice as your dialogue coach! GS

[ujustlostthegame777]

Wow that really helped me with my pronunciation!!! Thanks so much!!!

[fkrinsky]

I'm glad to have helped you. Chaucer's Middle English was one of my favorite topics when I was an English teacher. I hope you get an A+ GS

[athb4hu]

We studied this for O level when I was at school in 1970, in the original, and it suddenly made poetry alive for me (I was basically more interested in science, but since then I have become more fascinated by language). The pronuniation we learnt, in UK, was pretty well the same!

[fkrinsky]

I'm glad you enjoyed the look back to the past. I learned to read Middle English in 1966 at college, and I was happy to see 30+ years later that my pronunciation pretty much matched the current recordings on the PBS series "The Story of English." I think reading Chaucer in Middle English does bring it to life reveals how wonderful and funny he is. GS

[fkrinsky]

Thanks for your nice comment. Nobody has ever accused me of working miracles before! I hope you get a good mark on your recitation and especially that you have fun doing it. I think it is the greatest thing to be able to read Chaucer in the original Middle English. It's that much more charming.

Good luck with your violin. I just started up on guitar lessons again after a long break. It is easy to play notes, hard to make music. ..but maybe someday. GS

[pinkviolinbby]

i have to recite this soon and you helped me a wholllleeee lot ! thank you grammar spice ! ur a miracle worker.

[bublgumx3]

Thanks, Grammar Spice!! I'm supposed to memorize this for English class, and your online class helped a lot!! You're really good with the accent. :) I'll be back again to learn more.

[fkrinsky]

I am glad to have helped you. I think it's great that your teacher is doing Chaucer and having you memorize. You will never forget it.. Knowing the sound of Middle English is fun. Send your classmates to my vid! And I hope you get a good grade! GS

[Nharayana]

Thank you!

[fkrinsky]

Thanks for watching!

[megajaff2277]

Most impressive!

[fkrinsky]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. GS

[nbl1027]

Fantastic!!!

[fkrinsky]

Thanks1 Your are too.

[fkrinsky]

I mean"Thanks, you are too." Grammar Spice should proofread before hitting send :)

[carencap]

This brings me back to 10th grade English class! When my family vacationed in England the summer before my freshman year of college, I successfully lobbied for a detour visit to Canterbury. I recited the prologue the whole way there...

[fkrinsky]

I'm glad it brought back happy memories. You are my first 10th grader to sign in. Welcome home to English class :)

[elohelemilyyy]

I couldn't understand a word, but it was very well done:]

[fkrinsky]

Thanks for your interest. There is a translation in the response video to tell you what it means.

[ajfkramer]

Excellent! I really enjoyed learning the prologue in high school and this brought back great memories. What great pronunciation you have! I hope to see more videos from Grammar Spice!

[whatmatt3rs]

Where did you learn how to speak Middle English?

[fkrinsky]

I studied it in college. I wrote my professor's name on one of the videos because she required us to memorize 40 lines a semester in Middle English, then go and recite it to her in her office. It was fun, and I never forgot. I also taught it to my students in all classes every year for 30 years! Many of my students say "Whan that Aprill when they meet up with me!