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Old 03-22-2007, 10:24 PM   #14
Tin_Lizzie
 
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Originally Posted by Lykaios
It's not. Old English sounds almost Germanic. This, at the most, uses a couple elements of Middle English, if I'm correct on my language.
Thanks, Lykaios, you are correct in your assessment. As I stated above, this is Shakespearian usage. Middle English would be Chaucerian (14th c), and old English was Germanic - prior to the Norman Invasion (1066), after which French was incorporated into the language.
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