--- title: "3 Language Chaucer Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Language Chaucer quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Language Chaucer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/john-mcwhorter-25821_daily-bread_modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-bless_132503.jpg" --- > [“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-blessed-be-your-name-give-us-our/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/john-mcwhorter-25821_daily-bread_modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-bless_132503.jpg) > [Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage-year-when-language-achieved/) [Jean Aitchison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-aitchison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jean-aitchison-65242_behave_purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage_308527.png) > [“The range and variety of Chaucer's English did much to establish English as a national language. Chaucer also contributed much to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-carter/the-range-and-variety-of-chaucer-s-english-did-much-to-establish/) [Ronald Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/ronald-carter-13636_literary-criticism_the-range-and-variety-of-chaucer-s-engli_723163.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language-chaucer/#itemlist", "name": "Language Chaucer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages were rich, beautiful systems. There are no dogs to be seen. Middle English, the language of Chaucer, does not give the impression of being a “bastardization” of Old English or an example of “Old English in decay.” It was simply a new English of its own, the product of the gradual transformation of Old English, a transformation barely perceptible to Old English speakers themselves but visible to us by looking at texts over time. Similarly, Modern English, the language of Jane Austen, is surely not “bad” Middle English, but a new English in its own right. 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The language of Chaucer's or Shakespeare's time was no better and no worse than that of our own - just different.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Aitchison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-aitchison/purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage-year-when-language-achieved/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jean-aitchison-65242_behave_purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage_308527.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jean-aitchison-65242_behave_purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage_308527.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jean-aitchison-65242_behave_purists-behave-as-if-there-was-a-vintage_308527.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should…” — Jean Aitchison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The range and variety of Chaucer's English did much to establish English as a national language. Chaucer also contributed much to the formation of a standard English based on the dialect of the East Midlands region which was basically the dialect of London which Chaucer himself spoke. Indeed, by the end of the fourteenth century the educated language of London, bolstered by the economic power of London itself, was beginning to become the standard form of written language throughout the country, although the process was not to be completed for several centuries. 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