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Even if you learn old English from that (rather than using a modern English translation), it'd still give you a good base (grammar etc.) for then understanding
by stordoff 9y ago
Even if you learn old English from that (rather than using a modern English translation), it'd still give you a good base (grammar etc.) for then understanding modern English. It might lead to learning a slightly odd/old variation of English, and might not be the most efficient route, but I can see it being effective for being able to understand English.
- Natsu 9y agoFor someone not from a Western culture, it will also help them understand a lot of cultural references that won't make much sense otherwise, like "seeing the handwriting on the wall."
- jogjayr 9y ago> "seeing the handwriting on the wall." I've known that phrase for...I don't even know how long. But I only learned yesterday that its origin was Biblical. I love how Dan Carlin says "mene mene tekel upharsin" and wanted to read more about it, and made that happy discovery.
- Natsu 9y agoAhh, but actually the 'u' at the start of the 4th word is how they wrote 'and' so it's not clear it would've been written on the wall :) Yeah, there are a lot of things like that which people have forgotten the origins of...