Welcome to the History of English Podcast, a podcast about the history of the English language.

This is Episode 75, mixed languages and scrambled eggs.

In this episode, we're going to continue our look at the gradually emergence of middle

English from the linguistic rubble left in the wake of the Norman Conquest.

English remained fractured and broken, and foreign influences continued to come in.

So we'll look at those developments, and we'll see how our merchants failed attempt

to buy some eggs, shaped the history of the English language.

But before we begin, let me remind you that the website for the podcast is historyofenglishpodcast.com.

And you can always reach me directly by email at kevinathistoryofenglishpodcast.com.

And I'm on Twitter at EnglishHistPod.

Also I have one quick announcement, which is really more of a request.

As we start to delve into middle English, I'm already looking forward to modern English.

And one of the key storylines of the modern English period is the development of modern

English accents and dialects.

Now I've been thinking about the best way to present those dialects in the podcast,

and frankly, I'm not really eager to imitate them.

I mean, this isn't really intended to be a comedy podcast.

So after giving it some thought, I've decided that the best option is to turn to you, the

listeners.

I know that each of you have your own unique accents and dialects, and I hope that you

might want to share them with the other podcast listeners.

So I want to invite you to record yourself and send me audio samples that I can use in

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