Old English Terminology
Present days English language has changed in many ways in the past 350 to 1600 years. The way words are pronounciated and written have changed the most. I have chosen the subjects of sports and games because both have altered in both of these manners. By looking at the words I am going to describe, you will able to see how modern people have came up with our own way of saying the same item. Sports are now being called different names then when they were originated, but the games have almost stayed the same. For example, what we call two chickens fighting to the death is a cockfight. During old England, the called the same fight a “Shrove Tuesday”(www.regia.org/games). There were slight differentials though, in where kids would bring these angry chickens to school and the schoolmaster would control the fights. Some minor changes in the language were words like billiard, which
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Shrove Tuesdaywwwregiaorg/games, , England Renaissance, english language, sports games,
Approximate Word count = 602
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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