15 November 2010
For those of you in or visiting London, the British Library has an exhibition on Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices. It runs from now until 3 April 2011.
Addition:
Linguist David Crystal talks about the Undley Bracteate, a coin that bears the oldest known example of English. The runic inscription contains the words gægogæ mægæ medu, which means [something] reward for the kinsman. The meaning of the first word is not known.
(Hat tip: Languagehat and A Way With Words)
