Chaucer in Middle English …. and Vogelweide in Middle High German

[Zebra]

They show how close English and German once were

 

[braalian]

Luckily for us the Normans came along and spruced English up from yucky old Germanic doggerel

 

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Luckily for us the Normans came along and spruced English up from yucky old Germanic doggerel

Twas bad luck for the English of the time ….

 

[braalian]

Twas bad luck for the English of the time ….

England wouldn’t be England without the Norman conquest

 

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i like Chaucer and vogelweide