09-19-2012, 08:26 PM
Blue Wrote:^^ you mean I'm not the only one that needed a tutor to stop saying "s..spag...s-s-spagratti." :biggrin:
I do enjoy reading Chaucer, Beowulf and the like in Middle English.
It's interesting to see how much our language has changed over time. Even today it does it Hot = cool = righteous = rad = hip = neat , etc... depending on where and when we are talking about.
I wish ssspagratti was the only word.
I still 'stammer' when I'm emotionally high... And I lose track of words when I speak - so instead of saying, 'I need the bag of cement placed on the milk crate', I say something like 'I need the bag of grey stuff put on the orange plastic box.'
While I know my words, I don't know how to use them while I speak. Even writing I have to pause and wait for the word to show up. It's in there, just not wanting to come out.
I like old English/Middle English - its got a romantic feel to it.