Conversational English in 1586 [Shared]

The history of language and words is alwasys interesting to me. Watch this to see how Tudor English compares to modern English today and what phrases won out over others. — Douglas

Casual english speech.

In this video, I explore a 1586 work by Jacques Bellot, and what it can tell us about ‘street English’ in the early modern period. 

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