An ENGLISH MAJOR ANGST: "Middle English"

With finals coming up, I expose you the bane of my English major existence: MIDDLE ENGLISH

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[lowfat422]

Oh Paradise Lost. Milton was incredibly difficult but you're right. Middle english does have an influence in today's literature!

[CheshCrew]

wat up wit da dislikes

[lowfat422]

@CheshCrew I feel for the dislikers, they must hate middle english too.

[sabyflirt]

liked for the skyrim music <3

[Zantorc]

Sounds far too modern, you've got the stress is in the wrong place on many of the words and you keep lapsing into modern pronunciation.

Try being more like 3:25 & 5:00 in

\watch?v=oM0MqCa8Mck

where the pronunciation is perfect..

[Jebjess]

i've taken a medieval literature class recently where we read "paradise lost" "beowulf" "sir gawain" "canterbury tales" and more haha... yes it's hard to read sometimes but these pieces have influenced tons of literature today :)

[TheSlySilverSky]

I know exactly how you feel. I'm a junior English major and have been trying so hard to understand ME...It's ridiculously hard!

[Iamayounghuman]

But reading with that ridiculous accent is why Canterbury tales is such fun...

[mrman3321]

it sounds like french and german mixed. my spelling is bad enough -- if i had to study this it would mess me up.

[CheshCrew]

@lowfat422 yeah lol

[anyaichimei]

LOL CANTERBURY TALES. We had to learn Middle English during AP Lit than we moved onto handmaids tale!