9 September 2008 UTC LOL If you keep this up IZAK you will original research yourself right out of existence because if you care to check the citations which you so kindly provided you will see that they contradict you quite comprehensively Old English also called Anglo Saxon Englisc by its speakers is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and southern Scotland between the mid 5th century and the mid 12th century Middle English is the name given by linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid to late 15th century Early Modern English is the stage of the English language used from about the end of the Middle English period the latter half of the 15th century to 1650 Being that this is my specialist degree subject and I am one of the few people who are actually able to read and speak Englisc along with the old Frisian and Norse dialects which contributed to it you are more than welcome to take me on about the reliability of those sources but I don t fancy your chances 09 15