Originally posted by Very RustyIn fact it sounds like German/Netherlands, so after a bit I think I would get most of it.
This is what English sounded like 500 years ago, would you understand it?
http://www.trendingly.com/olde-english
Just copy and paste the aforementioned to watch the U-tube
-VR
Problem with the file: if I see the text I get 100% 😉
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Originally posted by PonderableIt is a poem by:
In fact it sounds like German/Netherlands, so after a bit I think I would get most of it.
Problem with the file: if I see the text I get 100% 😉
John Skelton's "Speke Parott":
If you copy paste you should get a u-tube which comes up and lets you see what is being said in the written form. As well as what is being said orally in what is English 500 years ago.
-VR
Originally posted by Deputy DaddyStill very weird dialects within England though. For example in Hertfordshire and Berkshire all the E s sound like A s and all the As sound like Es for example Berkshire is pronounced barkshire
Things definitely got alot easier to understand after the great vowel shift. The printing press and the standardization of the English language had something to do with the paradigm shift.
Originally posted by AshiitakaPronunciations of both is fairly standard throughout England ... certainly not dialect words!!!
Still very weird dialects within England though. For example in Hertfordshire and Berkshire all the E s sound like A s and all the As sound like Es for example Berkshire is pronounced barkshire
Originally posted by Very RustyHave a trip to Barnsley England and you will get a taste of old English spoken language .🙂
This is what English sounded like 500 years ago, would you understand it?
http://www.trendingly.com/olde-english
Just copy and paste the aforementioned to watch the U-tube
-VR
