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		tutfbhuf on April 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age Why It’s So Hard to Learn French in Middle Ages would also be an interesting article

_emacsomancer_ on April 30, 2019 | [–]

This is what I read at first - it may be difficult, but you pretty much have to, because of the Normans.

As for French in middle age, learning languages after the critical period window is generally tricky, it's not specific to middle age.

loblollyboy on April 30, 2019 | [–]

because everything is hard when you have the plague

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