• shalafi
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    1 month ago

    Shakespeare’s easily understood, especially if you pick up on the vocabulary. LOL, the English wouldn’t understand a word of Middle English.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, I tried reading Chaucer untranslated once. Gave up quickly.