My history of English class is half over. Two weeks down, two to go. We have been talking mostly about sound change over time, and that is fascinating. One can trace words back and see where they came from, and why they are spelled the way that they are. For example- some perfectly reasonable spellings were changed to make words look more like the Latin words they were (or were thought to be) derived from.
I think that I will do some more reading on this after the end of the term- our book has some suggested further reading, including a book on the English of Shakespear's day. Aparrently a number of his puns hinge on the rhyming of certain words.
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