Mudcat Café message #1528285

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Thread #83022 Message #1528285
Posted By: beardedbruce
25-Jul-05 - 08:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: Shakespeare plays in Elizabethan English
Subject: RE: BS: Shakespeare plays in Elizabethan English

GUEST,Shanghaiceltic,

Chaucer's Canterbury tales were in Middle English (14th century). MUCH easier than Old English (pre-1100) (Beowulf, etc) to those of use speaking Modern English ( which technically includes Shakespeare).