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A great many common words from Middle English are still used (it's a great pity the singular "you", "thee" was lost). Modern English is the result of thousands of additions from coinages (largely from Greek and Latin) for scientific and literary concepts, as well as thousands more from other languages from Inuit to Arabic.

So, everyday concepts would be easily conveyed in Middle English. It would be difficult to describe the Apollo missions to the moon, for instance.

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