{"product_id":"how-wed-talk-if-the-english-had-won-in-1066-new-edition-2020-paperback","title":"How We'd Talk if the English Had Won in 1066: New Edition 2020 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Cowley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat might English look like today, had there been no Norman Conquest?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the easy, to the 'weird and wonderful', learn about this amazing topic - with lists, 'chit-chat', headlines, signs, and names of organisations. Learn the meanings of: Overseas Ambighthouse, Thane wrayed of craft-less wield, Middliand at frith talks ... and many more \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll also see that many words lost after 1066 can, in their updated forms, be straightforward and homely-sounding: A king with no afterfollower, He yearnfully watched, misthinking they were better off. Or who might be forebusied, and onbeloaded with work?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten clearly, for non-specialists (but with the authentic Old English sources in a reference section for those who are )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 2020 edition has sundry updates and wends (changes), as well as key highlights from sister book (now out of print) \u003ci\u003eHastings 1066, Words We'd Wield if We'd Won\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I think this is great fun ... equivalences are really clever and ingenious'\u003c\/i\u003e Prof. David Crystal, Linguist, author of the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Cowley's book is great fun, and a real treasure for authors and re-enactors seeking to write or speak in a form of English that is ... intelligible to modern readers\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Jack Hight, historical fiction author\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52700527133005,"sku":"9781800316294","price":38.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/ZjFEUi84UlZodVdIV1ZXK0hiMXZ6QT09.webp?v=1762201230","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/how-wed-talk-if-the-english-had-won-in-1066-new-edition-2020-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}