The prologue of The Canterbury Tales used to be part of a standard-issue training set in English courses. Today I'm RETVRNing to tradition and rebooting the old practice of memorizing--or at least reciting--the first few lines of this defining English poem in Middle English. Plus: should whisky be spelled with an -ey, or a -y? The answer will show you just what a carnival the English language is. Check out our sponsor, the Ancient Language Institute (now offering Old English instruction!): <a href= "https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/">https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/</a> Pre-order my new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: <a href= "https://a.co/d/2QccOfM">https://a.co/d/2QccOfM</a> Subscribe to my new joint Substack with Andrew Klavan (no relation): <a href= "https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com">https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com</a> Harvard's interlinear translation of The Canterbury Tales: <a href= "https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/general-prologue-0">https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/general-prologue-0</a>

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The classical education you never knew you were missing. Join scholar and writer Spencer Klavan on a tour through the great works of the West. In a world gone mad, we're not alone: the great men and women who went before us have wisdom to guide us. With their help, we can recover truth, beauty, and the stuff that matters.