Re: Who are you?

Hi - I'm the author of this website and was very interested in your post. I left it a while to see if anyone else replied - but they haven’t - so maybe by replying myself it will encourage others to do so.

I would also be very interested in who else uses the site. I have google analytics running to get usage statistics and mid week usually over 150 people per day visit. It is fascinating to see the countries from which people visit. The leader is the US with 1494 unique visitors. Second the UK with 764, then  Canada 289, Russia 129… In fact most countries of the world have at least one visitor. Who are all these people?

63% of traffic comes from search engines, 29% from referring sites.

If you are reading this – please let us know something of your interest in Old English. This would make very interesting reading.

I will start the ball rolling:

I’m 54 years old – semi retired after 28 years in Software Development, and have now started producing websites for different organisations. See www.blueengine.co.uk

I got interested in Old English a few years back. Modern languages have never been my forte. I can only speak modern English. But what was this language our ancestors spoke and why was it so different? How did it evolve? This website and the application behind it, was only produced initially as an aid to my pathetic attempts to translate texts. I am still trying to learn old English – one day I may reach novice level!  Referring to your point – yes – my friends also ridicule me for what they consider such a strange hobby – and one that is very different from my normal hobbies – I’m still an active at motocross and mountain biking and used to be very passionate about playing Rugby.

So – who else is using this website?