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Language, Literature, and Lore

I thought I was just a computer geek, but after we started reading Beowulf for our home school history, I realized that I could have just as easily been a language/literature geek.  I'm a novice, but am really enjoying our literary adventures (such as they are).

All links below are external, unless otherwise noted.

Language

• Wikipedia: The Great Vowel Shift

• The ABC's and All Their Tricks by M. Bishop

• The Organization of Dialect Diversity in North America, by William Labov, University of Pennsylvania

• The Speech Accent Archive

Literature & Lore

• Classical Christian Education Support Loop: 1000 Good Books List

    Some of my favorites:

• Beowulf, author unknown

  • Beowulf word cloud (made using wordle.net)

  • http://www.beowulftranslations.net/pronunciation.shtml - has tons of links; also has some tables on vowel, diphthong, and consonant (search on "Old English Pronunciation" within the page)

  • www.beowulftranslations.net/comics.shtml

  • www.mcgoodwin.net/pages/beowulf.html - has a summary of the plot, a link to a pronunciation guide, and audio examples

  • Old English at the University of Virginia

  • www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/Beowulf.readings/Grendel.html

  • www.ucalgary.ca/uofc/eduweb/engl401/lessons/pronunc1.htm
     

• The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien

  • Tolkien Website
  • Lord of the Rings Fanatics Network
  • Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings
  • One Wiki to Rule Them All

• The Aubrey/Maturin "Master and Commander" series, by Patrick O'Brian

• The Patrick O'Brian Compendium
• The Gunroom
• A Gunroom Guide to Patrick O'Brian Web Resources
• WikiPOBia

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• Boatswain's Calls
• Watch Schedules and Ship's Bells