I went to college a little bit later than most. Excited but nervous to plunge into a degree — in English literature — that demands all students learn Old English, I asked a friend what studying the ...

that silent letters exist in English. and the spelling system just hasn't kept up with it. like through and thought and night ...

Go back a little further though, and you will begin to struggle, partly thanks to what is known as the Great Vowel Shift, or ...

Afew weeks ago, during a visit to the doctor, I laughed out loud when the online check-in portal suggested Old English as my language preference, and not only because I happened to have with me Maria ...