[GlenBarrington]

Speaking of old English. I had an old (really old) English teacher in High School who made us memorize the Introduction to "The Canterbury Tales" and tried to teach us how to speak it as close to the original English that it was written in, as our Midwestern American accents could take us. I'm quite sure she went home and sobbed into her pillow at night in despair.

I don't suppose kids get that sort of education any more, but even 51 years later, I still remember snippets of the thing. I'm glad I do remember those little pieces!