Language Quiz

[la_samtyr]

So, how did you do? :)

Comments

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

I understood down to Chaucer - probably because we had to study his writings in school.

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

I was lucky enough to study Chaucer at uni. Our prof had us learn to read that same passage of CT aloud, too! It was quite a lot of fun, actually.

[ignoblebard.livejournal.com]

I was lost after Shakespeare, although I do know the words hugger mugger and pettifogger.

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

The Chaucer class I took at uni was great fun. Our prof had us recite the same first lines from CT -- though he insisted on all of us memorizing over a dozen lines!

My last course was "History of the English Language" (as opposed to taking a grammar course -- big surprise, eh? :) and the prof who taught us was actually the Dean. I learned a lot in that class, including how to read & speak the Lord's Prayer as you heard it in the video. (We even had to write it down! on paper! using a pencil! so he could correct any mistakes we made. A very effective method, to be sure.)

[ignoblebard.livejournal.com]

I like hearing Old English spoken but I have my doubts about my ability to pronounce it.

That is a good learning method, difficult but effective.

[perkyandproud.livejournal.com]

If I was living in the time of Chaucer I think within a week or so I would be able to understand most of it. The spelling and accent are different, but the words are still pretty much there.

Old English, on the other hand...nope. Might as well be German! ;)