Colin Gorrie (@colingorrie): "When you learn Old English, you learn the West Saxon dialect. But today's English doesn't come from West Saxon: Modern English comes from a patchwork of older dialects. But how would English look if it had come from West Saxon?"

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Colin Gorrie

Aug 3

Dead Language Society

When you learn Old English, you learn the West Saxon dialect.

But today's English doesn't come from West Saxon: Modern English comes from a patchwork of older dialects.

But how would English look if it had come from West Saxon?

Dead Language Society

Modern English doesn’t come from “Old English”

Aug 3

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