what was so important about Old English and Middle English that we felt the need to label them and what are the main differences?

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what was so important about Old English and Middle English that we felt the need to label them and what are the main differences?

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Answer 1

You likely wouldn’t be able to understand either language spoken. Maybe you could read some Middle English – but you’d understand it like maybe someone who speaks Italian can understand some Spanish. The languages are related, but dissimilar enough that communication is hard without some study.