Le Recueil des Histoires de Troye, a 1464 work by Raoul Lefèvre, tells a chivalirized version of the history of the city Troy. The Greek heroes, Hercules and Jason, are recast as ideal knights and founders of the Burgundian dynasty. It was translated by William Caxton into English soon after it was written and found popularity under its new title, The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye.

We love English slang on Funky English. Slang words can help our speech sound more natural and add an element of fun to any informal conversation. Slang expres…

Seriously...the English language is insane.

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Call it the problem of toilet-paper-roll words

What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.

The UK is a rich landscape of regional accents and dialects, each evidence of the society’ s continuity and change, its local history and Britons' day-to-day lives. This site captures and celebrates the diversity of spoken English in the second half of the twentieth century.

A few of these are obvious, so I tweaked the title.