Englishe

Pe: ffayth but I knowe some Ladyes that wilbee soe much of ye wench with their Husband, that thou would prove at best but a could Mouldy Pye, and this in playne Englishe is true.

Three Hundred Years Hence 1836

Pe: ffayth but I knowe some Ladyes that wilbee soe much of ye wench with their Husband, that thou would prove at best but a could Mouldy Pye, and this in playne Englishe is true.

The Concealed Fansyes: A Play by Lady Jane Cavendish and Lady Elizabeth Brackley Jane Cheyne 1644

In the mid-1500s, English writer John Heywood penned the phrase "wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?" in his book of proverbs entitled, A dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of All the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue.

Sam Dudley: Melo Is Full of... Sam Dudley 2011

In the mid-1500s, English writer John Heywood penned the phrase "wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?" in his book of proverbs entitled, A dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of All the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue.

Sam Dudley: Melo Is Full of... Sam Dudley 2011

The current time story-line cannot be skipped, while I did skim over the olde Englishe because it was slower reading.

Reader reviews of The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber. 2007

In my best chiffon-and-cut-glass Oxford accent I said: “You have a remarkable command of Olde-Englishe.”

Burton’s First Encounter with Taylor 2008

While I do dislike txtspeak, sometimes I wonder exactly what Shakespeare, Marlowe or other Olde Englishe luminaries would think of our modern language when taken from their point of view.

the revenge of e.e. cummings 2008

In other news, Divine Divinity, despite a name that only a German who doesn't quite understand Der Englishe could love, is actually pretty enjoyable thus far.

Nader, Schmader 2004

It's a useful, self-deprecatory replacement for the word 'me' when one is feeling awfully Englishe and though one is unarguably showing off terrifically about one's achievement, such as it may be, one is trying ever so hard to pretend one isn't.

Muggins explained Jessica 2006

It's a useful, self-deprecatory replacement for the word 'me' when one is feeling awfully Englishe and though one is unarguably showing off terrifically about one's achievement, such as it may be, one is trying ever so hard to pretend one isn't.

Archive 2006-05-01 Jessica 2006