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		_npe3 on April 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wr... History! Britain got conquered a bunch of times and some of the old words have just stuck around.

mcv on April 17, 2023 [–]

My son, not a native English speaker, even taught himself the Chaos poem. It's a good way to learn to appreciate the horrors of the English language.

_npe3 on April 17, 2023 | [–]

They are living relics of the ancient past! and we still use them today! English is cool.

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