#Modern English

[dykekingofhell]

lisa frankenstein // i melt with you

[nikki-rook]

I saw the world crashing all around your face

[lingthusiasm]

Lauren: I do love the idea that Chaucer had no idea that he was moving on from Old English to Middle English because there wasn’t a Modern English yet. Gretchen: How could you describe yourself as “Middle English” – that’s sort of like the “late-stage capitalism” that implies that we’re towards the end of something. Like, we don’t know, folks. Lauren: I don’t think English always does self-deprecating well. English has a lot of belief in its superiority as a language. I think we can say that about the ideology behind English. But I do love that English didn’t go for “Classical English.” Imagine if we said Beowulf was written in “Classical English.” Gretchen: We could have, yeah. We could have. Lauren: We just went with, “Ah, that’s old. I don’t understand it. It’s got cases. It’s got all these extra affixes. It’s old. It’s a bit stuffy.”

Excerpt from Lingthusiasm episode ‘No such thing as the oldest language'

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[sowhatifiliveintsuyazaki]

Modern English

I Melt With You (1982)

[1985alive]

Valley Girl (1983) / Modern English's "I Melt with You"

[mtvscreengrabs]

I Melt With You - Modern English (1982)

[circleofshit]

[80s-song-smackdown]

80 New Wave Tournament Side C

[fangomusic]

Tapes...

[cherry-pop-soda]

with you the world doesn’t matter

chasing cars - snow patrol // here is the house - depeche mode // passenger seat - death cab for cutie // intertwined - dodie // i melt with you - modern english

[tricornonthecob]

Tale as old as time.

inspo: @permanenthistorydamage

[theoneandonly-emi]

Wax seals are one of my favorite ways to embellish letters. ✨🕯️✨ These days the letter processing machines tend to scrape them right off the envelope, so l've started putting the seals on the letter or card instead of the envelope.

[deborell]

"I hate broken English," the student declared. This wasn't his first hot take, and there were others that concerned me more, but this one was just...annoying.

In art appreciation courses, I get to cover graphic design as well as architecture, craft, and of course the so-called fine arts. So my inner word nerd delights in showing the class how the English language developed in written and spoken forms.

When I mention Old English, the example is 𝘉𝘦𝘰𝘸𝘶𝘭𝘧.

Middle English is Chaucer, with spellings like "quene" instead of queen.

Modern English includes both what we speak today and all the "wherefore" and "thou" and "sirrah" of Shakespeare. That's when the student chimed in, obviously missing the point about development over time 🤦‍♀️

"No," I replied. Just no. Because, as his teacher, I had to keep my curses to myself.

"Broken English" is a term of classism, racism, and white supremacy! Any old white man would use it against you, little twerp!

Zounds! I hope Grendel comes to get you in the middle of the night 🤬

[music-interpretation-review]

Cover–Cover Battle: Head-To-Head

[1985alive]

Valley Girl (1983) / Modern English's "I Melt With You"