{"title":"David Cowley","description":"","products":[{"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":"\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367964115167,"sku":"9781800316294","price":28.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/xYcojVy_0V9781800316294.webp?v=1789116978"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-cowley.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}