How to Speak Middle English | Featuring Kevin Stroud

Check out Kevin's brilliant podcast here https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/ Kevin explains how to read and how to speak Middle English from the time of Chaucer. He gives a reading of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales with Middle English and Modern pronunciation. Sign up for my newsletter The Rambler here. https://letthemtalktv.substack.com/ It's full of interesting insights and stories about the English language and it's free! Become a Patreon of LetThemTalkTV Support the channel and get exclusive content. More information here. www.patreon.com/LetThemTalkTV. 00:00 Welcome Kevin and Middle English greetings 02:26 About thehistoryofenglishpodcast 04:03 About learning Old English and Middle English 06:05 When was Middle English? 11:48 How do we know what Middle English sounded like? 16:53 Essential Middle English vocabulary. 22:03 Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Middle English pronunciation). 26:13 Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Modern English pronunciation). 29:28 The pronunciation and spelling of Middle English 01:02:46 Let's speak Middle English