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In 1995 Prince Charles caused a ruckus when he lamented the unchecked spread of American English – and the effect of American usage is one that’s perennially lamented. But is it true? Are Americans really ruining the English language? Whose...

Let us just stop on the way through linguistic history to take a quick glance at Middle English. It seems astonishing now, but English just before the Black Death in the mid-14th century was a colloquial language of low status. The administrative and...

The language of Chaucer and Malory, Middle English can be surprisingly approachable for modern English speakers even 800 years later (although knowing a little French or German doesn't hurt). Let's dive in! To get started there's the venerable Middle...

Beowulf English Literature and Literary Analysis Beowulf: Darkness – In the poem, Beowulf, by an unknown poet, as translated by Seamus Heaney, we see many monstrous behaviors. A few of the examples stand out more than the rest: wanton destruction, a...