Finding people who speak old english isn't hard at all, just go to a pub in england after 10pm

@nihilisticbarbie

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@gamingforaday5446

5 жыл бұрын

My friend live in England and he's working as a videographer in pubs

@malialaguisa4797

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ruajavier7008

5 жыл бұрын

😅

@666madmetalhead

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe I can be safe there from people who say yeet, g, sis and skree

Imagine being an english speaker and going back in that time and have someone talk to you and you reply "Sorry I don't speak english."

@97CelticPredator

5 жыл бұрын

Marcelo Saunders „scuse me?“

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

5 жыл бұрын

"CRAPULOUS!" They will say

@winterlove4750

5 жыл бұрын

Thousandth like from me.

@n.herbig7592

5 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@AmeliaOak

5 жыл бұрын

Chris P Bacon but the internet wouldn’t even exist

Much respect to the guy who went back to the 1600's to record Shakespeare's voice

@josephstalin133

3 жыл бұрын

tHeRe wErE nO rEcoRdErS iN tHe 1600s, dUmMiE!

@worldmetallady

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephstalin133 I know it's a joke buddy

@Xnoob545

3 жыл бұрын

@@worldmetallady r/woooosh

@isabellavasquez200

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephstalin133 no shit sherlock

@GHZGaming-ff6pv

3 жыл бұрын

@@worldmetallady lol he obviusly sarcastic with the way he speak

Basically, from 1700-1900, you'd probably still understand everything from 1600-1700, you might struggle a bit, but you'll still understand most of it from 1500-1600, you would have a tough time but you'd still get the gist of what people were saying from 1000-1500, you'd barely understand anything at all, maybe a word here or there but it'd be about as hard to understand as German to a monolingual English speaker before 1000, you wouldn't understand anything, but it'd sound pretty cool

@TJTroubleMaker

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how each would be able to understand us given you had an accent like the narrator and spoke clear and slow.

@joelthorstensson2772

2 жыл бұрын

Swedish speaker, I could understand "rice" and "þin willa" and "heofonum", I suspect that's because they are speaking in some mix of scandinavian and english

@PaleontologyWeekly

2 жыл бұрын

so id be able to talk to queen elizabeth over tea and basically have a coherent coversation?

@matthewtopping2061

2 жыл бұрын

@@joelthorstensson2772 What's featured in the video isn't a mix of Scandinavian and English. It's an earlier stage of English that retained more features shared with Scandinavian, because both are Germanic languages.

@saph100

2 жыл бұрын

The Dutch and Icelandic still understand Old English quite well without reading these, and before 1000 is it’s own vowel shifts, you’d be hearing this until 1150

1900 brother 2000 bro 2017 bruh

@bluelambo5

5 жыл бұрын

2027 Brazzier

@randombuzz8491

5 жыл бұрын

Bruv

@bigshepherd3127

5 жыл бұрын

3017 B

@grips7813

5 жыл бұрын

Brah

@nidia1930

5 жыл бұрын

1800 brethren

The 1600s had some shitty microphones

@purenrg4life

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Choe damn you for winning the internet today!

@itstayaaa8280

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Choe 😁😁😁😁😁😁

@joseluisblanco8074

7 жыл бұрын

:) :)

@xGARIDx

7 жыл бұрын

"King of troll" award winner

@dhatchbernier

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Choe you win the internet, sir.

As a Swede I actually understood the old english "Lord´s prayer quite well. You really get the feeling how English and the northen languages are connected.

@El6Magico6Arlequin6

4 жыл бұрын

if im not mistaken, your people (as in the nordics in general) invaded the british isles

@1mercantolga

3 жыл бұрын

Those are all Germanic languages. Thats why

@ReubenSempleJones

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah this was before the Normans so there was basically no French influence on the English language

@randomwatcher8419

2 жыл бұрын

As a native English speaker who doesn't really speak any other Germanic language, having a rudimentary knowledge of the Germanic family's grammatical structure + a basic understanding of how Germanic vowels sound, it really isn't that difficult to at least "predict" or "gist out" what is being said. Sure, you won't know all the words, but you know enough to be able to piece it together.

@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomwatcher8419 I’ve studied Germanic languages a bit so it’s probably cheating but yeah as a native English speaker that passage is incredibly easy to discern. It would have to be a less recognizable text to really throw me for a loop.

As someone who speaks some swedish I am AMAZED at how similar old english sounds to it! holy crapulous!

@takeurpills6024

4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@XELAKION

3 жыл бұрын

you should watch some videos on the history of the English language. They both are Germanic languages

@allymog5228

3 жыл бұрын

That'll be thanks to the Vikings

@caitlinkuykendall6529

3 жыл бұрын

@@allymog5228 youre totally right but also because of English originally being a germanic language its just basically become more latin thanks to the Norman invasion and being an island.

@JHulse29

3 жыл бұрын

I heard people who speak Dutch can also follow it

I tried speaking old English and my bed started levitating.

@ordinaryguy6654

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. 😂

@Carlinisalive

3 жыл бұрын

I summoned a demon

@kibo98764

3 жыл бұрын

lol really sounds like the latin formulas in harry potter, right!

@vaahtobileet

3 жыл бұрын

@@kibo98764 wouldn't Latin sound like the Latin spells in Harry Potter? They don't make those sounds in Harry Potter or Latin.

@philomenacappabianca7636

3 жыл бұрын

Funnee

I’m fluent in Middle English when I’m drunk.

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

5 жыл бұрын

Dude... we all speak old english (anglo-saxon language) when we are ze drunk!!!!!! hips

@joanngumeta8937

5 жыл бұрын

lol nice

@samirnawrozada6685

5 жыл бұрын

Hi

@MKMK-bj2sk

5 жыл бұрын

Which make sense pretty sure most of them were drunk then. Like alcohol was more readily available than clean/potable drinking water

@MrMoOomoOo91

5 жыл бұрын

🤔 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

my mom had to learn old english and middle english in college to be an english teacher. i have a new found respect for her 😀

@xogirlbossxo2316

2 жыл бұрын

Gurl what 😀

@masteryoda394

2 жыл бұрын

Be careful of Henry the VIII, He's not to be trusted.

@PrinceAkaiVtuber

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, your mom's college made my college look like an elementary school.

@stansmith4054

Жыл бұрын

I think you are mistaken. I am a linguist and the only way that you would learn to speak Old English is if you were in some kind of ancient language graduate program. Old English is basically a whole nother language. Not sure why an English teacher would have to study and learn OE. You may be mistaken. What college was this?

@user-qo5eg7ly5u

6 ай бұрын

@stansmith4054 Agreed. Middle English is more likely.

Props to the guy who went back in time to record a man saying the lord's prayer

@oreotheuser

3 жыл бұрын

hE dIdN't AcTuAlLy Go BaCk In TiMe YoU kNoW

@Tiger12098b

3 жыл бұрын

@@oreotheuser you don't know the joke

@oreotheuser

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tiger12098b that was a joke

@aaronlycan6595

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tiger12098b reverse uno card

@Tiger12098b

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronlycan6595 A-

This is exactly why I gave up time travel.

@dw4353

5 жыл бұрын

Bill I gave it up last year It was a bad habit so I stopped

@daymi7300

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about it but I read some documents on a time travel experiment gone wrong and changed my mind

@IXSuperRadGamerXI

5 жыл бұрын

I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sitting here on capitol hill!

@flaminghulaballoo

5 жыл бұрын

Sanfew There is no such thing as “Only a Bill”.😉

@IXSuperRadGamerXI

5 жыл бұрын

@@flaminghulaballoo Lolz

the oldest english version sounds like they're calling satan lmao

@misakarancevic8901

5 жыл бұрын

Wrong. It was made by a firm Fred & Barney on a high quality wooden plank using a well fed woodpecker. Of course the warrant period expired in 1250 that's why it sounds this harsh

@edu_c

5 жыл бұрын

And thus you got Trump

@carlosmarte3154

5 жыл бұрын

Eduardo Córdova Hilary and her emails must’ve climbed out along with him lol.

@eriklindhurst5793

5 жыл бұрын

Funny that it was actually the Lord's Prayer.

@thehoneyeffect

5 жыл бұрын

They did, hence them committing genocide, rape, pillage, enslavement and colonising most of the globe

1600's: what the teacher says will be on the test 1400's: i went to a different classroom help

Makes you think 1000 years from now. The english language will sound totally different from how it sounds now.

@user-nq6hy2tm2z

Ай бұрын

If you go back 1500 years ago you will still understand Arabic that’s amazing

@radialb1894

4 күн бұрын

@@user-nq6hy2tm2z Not progressing at all is not amazing. Imagine telling a woman 1500 years ago that she still cannot drive or get an education. Time for your arabic world to add something of value to the world!

@user-nq6hy2tm2z

4 күн бұрын

@@radialb1894 what are you talking about?

Crapulous should make a comeback

@Belikel

5 жыл бұрын

So should child labor.

@minhkhoitranle4276

5 жыл бұрын

野島デンジ _I'll have to stop you right there_

@edu_c

5 жыл бұрын

That's the most crapulous idea i've read today.

@JerryS2485

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a nice way of saying “shitfaced”

@thompson_papa

5 жыл бұрын

Son, thou room is very crapulous and thou shalt clean it at once!

Swa swa.

@seansimcoe4781

8 жыл бұрын

My rofl copter makes that noise

@RaymondAlexisPuentes90-70-100

7 жыл бұрын

Swa swa.

@petop3

7 жыл бұрын

it sounds like the danish ending of 'our father who art in heaven' which is 'du som er i himlene' that 'som er' is pronounced 'suhm ehr' could be related to the swa swa?

@kevinbyrne4538

7 жыл бұрын

@ petop3 -- In Old English "swa" means "so, therefore" or "as" ; "swa swa" means "just as". Thus "on eordan swa swa on heofonum" means "on Earth just as in Heaven".

@petop3

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Byrne ah ok. Thanks :)

1600s: "Abbess, thornback, barber-monger..." 21st century: "gtg, ttyl, oml, wtf, pfp, smh, istg..." edit: ty for 1k likes 👀

@rusnas2376

4 жыл бұрын

@Alivingoreo706 Its bad rn. Imagine saying k instead of ok, or ? instead of what or huh. SPOOOOOOOOOIIILEDDDDDDDDDD

@HenryAnimate

3 жыл бұрын

So true

@MrWittzHD

3 жыл бұрын

@@rusnas2376 you literally just said rn instead of right now

@gaminglegend

3 жыл бұрын

@TheDaffiestDandelion xD is already a thing

@atree9284

3 жыл бұрын

oml I love your pfp but smh, if you keep puttng new idioms down I'll yeet you off a cliff, like wtf. anyways, I gtg, ttyl

Also worth noting that what is documented of the language from the time period is largely how nobles spoke, not necessarily the commoners. The language of the common folk varied quite a lot more, people often just made up their own words for many things and pronunciation could vary greatly.

@rboigobrr1489

Жыл бұрын

looking at it logically your probably right. There's no way some random guy at the pub in the 17th century's gonna start talking like he's in a Shakespeare play.

The Bible dialect seems easier to comprehend than Shakespeare tbh

@hjw5838

6 жыл бұрын

Woke American I agree

@Calikid331

6 жыл бұрын

Most English speakers don't know what an Abbess is, that shot at America was totally unnecessary.

@hjw5838

6 жыл бұрын

AMERICAN DUMB! DOYY!

@Thor.Jorgensen

6 жыл бұрын

Probably because the bible has been retranslated hundreds if not thousands of times. The original bible was in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. It was then translated into Vetus Latina, then Latin Vulgate, where it wasn't translated again before the reformation since the church considered translating it blasphemy and that non-clergy should not be allowed to read the bible. But since then.. Lots of translations.

@BerenddeBoer

6 жыл бұрын

That's true, because that Bible translation (the 1611 Authorised Version) is dated well after Shakespeare :-)

"You would hear plenty of words you didn't understand, though." "Abbess"

@YangSing1

7 жыл бұрын

Aermachrael I don't understand it

@Eronoc13

7 жыл бұрын

It's just the feminine form of abbot.

@jonasgreylindley2002

7 жыл бұрын

Aermachrael I don't understand abbot either.

@HarryBillyBobGeorge

7 жыл бұрын

Reverend Mother. Mother superior. Chief nun in charge.

@David-qi1ys

7 жыл бұрын

+Jonas Lindley Look, it's not that hard. "Who" is the NAME of the guy that is playing first.

Being born in the Southern US my normal "English" is an older version. Trapped behind the Appalachian Mountains for centuries my Southern Drawl is closer to 1700's English than modern. I could still understand the Canterbury Tales without too much difficulty at all. This is changing with time, but Shakspear read in the Southern Vernacular is a truly lovely thing to experience.

@bloqk16

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting you tell of Southern Drawl to 1700 English, as I recall a half-century ago in a high school drama class I took, where the drama teacher said that English actors/actresses have a knack to speaking the parts of American Southerners in movie period pieces, such as in "Gone With The Wind" and other movie productions and TV dramas.

@loganwallace5854

7 ай бұрын

​@@bloqk16yeah Southern English is closer to what was spoken in Great Britain previously. That's why British actors can do a better southern accent than Northerners.

So basically, the more marbles I shove in my mouth, the older my English will sound. Cool!

@thatyoudliketoknow1628

3 жыл бұрын

Bring 40 marbles and youre time travel ready.

@aleidpalentinos1256

3 жыл бұрын

Can you you fit something long and hard aside from marbles in your mouth?

"Thou mother art homosexual" "Nay thee"

@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

5 жыл бұрын

LMAO!

@alyssasjeans

5 жыл бұрын

FizzyElf “Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!!”

@zaidkhan6296

5 жыл бұрын

Gay meant happy

@zaidkhan6296

5 жыл бұрын

Also if the mother was actually gay, she would be burned at the stake as that was the punishment for heretical behaviour in midieval times

@user-nt4rq5ml4m

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah should have been homosexual

I tried to speak old English, buf I kept accidentally summoning ancient spirits snd demons

@eduardusedward5810

5 жыл бұрын

damn me too ,now i lived in a house full of ancient demon

@timeoftheend9516

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, cus nobody will tell you it really originally comes from ancient Egypt...ever

@timeoftheend9516

5 жыл бұрын

Look up Sean Hross - The pharaoh show" here on YouT...

@slayerslayer7623

5 жыл бұрын

@@timeoftheend9516 ?

@LaceTicket

4 жыл бұрын

More ancient becomes Latin

My brain: *thinking in modern english* What I sound like when I try to speak: 1:42

@aramiyunstaley9514

3 жыл бұрын

Lightningstone2u lol omg

@JacobHollis96

3 жыл бұрын

@@aramiyunstaley9514 That does happen to me sometimes. Maybe I need to cut back on the caffeine.

@haydencrawford8552

3 жыл бұрын

HOLY CRAP HI, WHAT ARE THE ODDS

@JacobHollis96

2 жыл бұрын

@@haydencrawford8552 you seem familiar. Sorry for the late reply been really busy.

@haydencrawford8552

2 жыл бұрын

@@JacobHollis96 I'm atom lel

21th Century: Bruh 20th Century: Brother 18th Century: 𝖇𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗

@Thuggwaffen

4 жыл бұрын

16th century: břœthěř

@jameeztherandomguy5418

4 жыл бұрын

10th Century: *broðor*

@carrotizgud9222

4 жыл бұрын

@@jameeztherandomguy5418 1st Century: Бřouethěř

@ambasfamily

4 жыл бұрын

5000 BCE: *GrrrahHHHHH!*

@aryyancarman705

4 жыл бұрын

Any one about pie

If you speak Icelandic, it got easier to understand there at the very end.

@MrEiliv

7 жыл бұрын

Lucky Icelandics. You have a real pure language. Here in Norway it's almost German. :(

@MrAmi69

7 жыл бұрын

Well, Iceland was created by Norwegian immigrants over 1000 years ago, so basically all the people on Iceland are Norwegians with less influence of other european languages :)

@owenernst7768

7 жыл бұрын

what did it say?

@jonareisen

7 жыл бұрын

Owen Ernst It's Lord's Prayer

@killere2009

7 жыл бұрын

Eiliv Ulvestad Henschien it is not that being pure is actually catching up in information rate which is the most important aspect for today

Old English is basically Icelandic.... and in about 1000 years, nobody would understand current English. "Y'all'd've'f'i'd've"

@xXxSkyViperxXx

7 жыл бұрын

Zuramaru lol and in 1000 years icelandic will be english hurhuehueheuehue

@flyingskyward2153

7 жыл бұрын

Zuramaru You all would have if I had have?

@connerclark3678

7 жыл бұрын

Kesh me outsaide, how'bow'dah

@cellowood1198

7 жыл бұрын

HANAMARU

@KimiHayashi

7 жыл бұрын

Zuramama I highly doubt it will change. Today's globalization will probably prevent modern English from changing since English is being spoken by non English speakers and turning a specific English word into a new word or form would be too troublesome for other countries to adapt so it would most likely stay the same forever now. New slangs will come and go though like how the word "fly" is now replaced by "lit"

"jiggawatts"

It is quite interesting for me (a non-native English speaker) to know how far in human history I can get connected to just by having learned English as my second language.

@michaelsrowland

2 жыл бұрын

English is a new language. We spoke different languages in Britain depending on which tribe you came from.

@charlottepeukert9095

Жыл бұрын

What would Elizabeth the First sounded like and would a native speaker understand her and vice versa?

I wanna learn anglo-saxon English so I can say things like "swa swa" and be completely serious.

@mysteriumvitae5338

7 жыл бұрын

Befriend user Leornende Eald Englisc, he will be glad to help you.

@unaellanguages6746

7 жыл бұрын

I second this, I know him well, and he is very helpful.

@unknownmf2599

7 жыл бұрын

Go to the local Master of acquaintance, Sir Aerlif the knower. He the master will increase your speechcraft

@alwinpriven2400

7 жыл бұрын

what does that mean?

@peabodie4liife

7 жыл бұрын

what swa swa means?

Would you like to have a cup of Tay?

@djh4min59

7 жыл бұрын

i would, but when i come back it'll be goan

@TalexxAltava

7 жыл бұрын

Stanley Chiu Besides, I have a meeting with the abbess-the old thornback. No doubt that barber-monger will be with her. I'm not looking forward to the brabble, but I'd best get going.

@Mafila

7 жыл бұрын

Yyyyeeeeaaaaaaasssssss! Flourish the pinky.

@alecrosewell6959

7 жыл бұрын

yea sure mate.

@MrFox-ih9vp

7 жыл бұрын

Woold Yew loike ay coup oof tay?

Kids in 2020: "Bro, ur video is funny XD. Uh, gtg!" Kids in 4020: "Thos kids werr spking Shkspr!"

You don't need to travel back in time. Just be a guy in your 70's listening to a group of 20 year olds.

@professional.commentator

Жыл бұрын

Omg this reminds me of some embarrassing situations I've been in with elderly people. 😅

2017: whom'st'd'y'all'dve

@espalorp3286

7 жыл бұрын

ｗｈｏｍｓｔ＇ｄ＇ｖｅ＇ｌｙ＇ｙａｉｎｔ＇ｎｔ＇ｅｄ＇ｉｅｓ＇ｓ＇ｙ＇ｅｓ

@stylomojo

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry is that English Slang? I'm asian so I wish someone teach me that word meaning plz

@evag8716

7 жыл бұрын

Cashme'ousside'how'bou'dah

@ivanjimenez2575

7 жыл бұрын

Cameran Riley LMAOOO

@lorenzlin6898

7 жыл бұрын

Lol what's that supposed to mean??

I don't know, "Land pirates" seems like it'd be easy to figure out.

@RoninCatholic

7 жыл бұрын

And I think it's pretty transparent what an "abbess" is.

@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

7 жыл бұрын

Even the Chaucer isn't that hard to figure out. Awkwardly worded by our standards, but makes sense.

@Billaxle

7 жыл бұрын

Adam The Gr8 We prefer the term "Butt Pirates"

@ineffablemars

7 жыл бұрын

huggermugger

love this video..I keep coming back to it every few months.

Ta sae muckle fur posting, ah loue thae leid evolution videos! 🙏🏾

Me speaking English inside my head: "Wow, my English is pretty good actually!" Me speaking English in front of the class: 1:42

@helpnoname7588

4 жыл бұрын

or 2:03

@crystallui9421

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@danielled108

4 жыл бұрын

@@helpnoname7588 😂😂😂😂

@Cassxowary

4 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Pettersen it’s still understandable English

@ThiagoOliveira-bc1gv

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

"Petty-fogger" this is what people use to diss eachother in medieval times.

@jmitterii2

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds the equivalent of "crop-duster".

@originallegendz8325

4 жыл бұрын

@@jmitterii2 and Barber-monger

@davidlipman8093

4 жыл бұрын

I like Crapulous. I'm guessing it's meaning

@adolforodolfo6929

4 жыл бұрын

Pettyfogger isn't obsolete in modern English, just not much used. Same with crapulous, which basically means being in a drunken mess. There are quite few "obsolete" words that flash up in this video that aren't obsolete at all - "abbess" for instance.

@OcarinaSapphr-

4 жыл бұрын

adolfo rodolfo Post-Reformation, it was slang for ‘prostitute’

Can't believe I found this video again! You can't hardly find anything on youtube that was posted before like 2016 from the search bar these days. It's been a while!

1:15 Makes much more sense Phone and gone both have the same ending but don't rhyme But in the old pronunciation they do rhyme

1880: yeehaw 2080: the yee'st of all haw's, mine'st gendersn't.

@jaworskij

5 жыл бұрын

I used to say "Yee how'r" to my country gal supervisor 10 yrs. ago.

@dutchvanderlinde5004

5 жыл бұрын

Doublespeak 2080

@Ivan-td7kb

5 жыл бұрын

2019: YEET

@degeneratesquid5873

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ivan-td7kb 2045: Yeeth'nt

@DayZeroGaming

5 жыл бұрын

My kangaroo is in the pouch

Should have been a much longer video. Too interesting a subject to go over in just 2 minutes.

@tylonahambrick2837

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking 🤔

@kylebos6442

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@handyman4192

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I thought that.

@missjade2940

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah where's the rest of it ☹️

@firmman4505

4 жыл бұрын

yes

The older the English, the more German it becomes.

Man that Shakespeare English gave me goosebumps. It's like as if someone literally got on a time machine and recorded Shakespeare reading Hamlet.

petition to bring back the word "kickerapoo"

@chuckritola

3 жыл бұрын

It's a perfectly cromulent word

@babbabooey1176

3 жыл бұрын

FUCK YEAH!!!

@kukenkarlsson3607

3 жыл бұрын

From the "Grose 1811 Dictionary" Kickerapoo =Dead. (NEGRO WORD).

@cliffsofmoher4220

3 жыл бұрын

Should we bring back the word thou

@ultimatewarrior733

3 жыл бұрын

@@cliffsofmoher4220 absolutely

English in 1619: *Wherefore art thou my woe?* English in 2019: *Lmfao yesss queen I’m sister shook, my wig is snatched and that’s the tea sis*

@poolplexer

5 жыл бұрын

Fail

@xPoeticx

5 жыл бұрын

Rotfl I'm crying

@isabelofcastile9470

5 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha

@isabelofcastile9470

5 жыл бұрын

English 2019 da best 😂😂😂😂

@philipfry9436

5 жыл бұрын

English, not Ebonics...

This is a brilliant video! Well put together and a great intro to the subject! Thanks

Once I listened to old English I knew that I will not survive there

Old English is WILD!

@MMBNMalternateaccoun

6 жыл бұрын

Old English was an actual unique language. Now English is just spewing hot garbage anywhere and takes very little skills to understand or use.

@jasonpyre8572

6 жыл бұрын

MMBNMalternateaccoun "very little skills to understand or use" Are those not good things? Since when does being difficult to speak and learn make one language better than another?

@MMBNMalternateaccoun

6 жыл бұрын

Higher intelligence to use and understand daily life. Modern life is basically being idiot proofed to the point that most humans fail to perform daily functions let alone communicate to one another on a daily basis. You'll have 400 facebook friends but talk to maybe three people in real life.

@ladythalia227

6 жыл бұрын

MMBNMalternateaccoun Unique? Hmmm, how unique could it be when it was said that Scandinavians and Britons could speak to - and understand - one another when both parties spoke in their own languages.

@SammyBirdTheGreat

6 жыл бұрын

MMBNMalternateaccoun maybe chill?? you’d probably have like 3 people you liked in your Old English village if you lived back then

Ne'r will give thou up ne'r will let thou down ne'r will run around and desert thou ne'r will causes thee cry ne'r will say godbwye ne'r will say to a lie and hurt thou

@thomasbyrne2879

5 жыл бұрын

Shit I got Rick rolled

@hersh511

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't notice I got Rick rolled until the third line

@sassialane

5 жыл бұрын

This deserves so much more attention

@CCT3

5 жыл бұрын

I got Rick rolled. didnt even notice

@kristinerivera6637

5 жыл бұрын

Lolll

1500: how thus far can thi travel and still understand thy englishiwini? When they get to 2020: *ok boomer*

@kck9742

4 жыл бұрын

Such a moronic phrase. Right up there with "Karen."

This is what it is usually like for me... Mid 19th cen. (around 1850) onwards = perfectly understand it. 1500s to mid 19th century = mostly understand it. 1066 - 1500 = understand the majority of it with some difficulty. Before 1066 = somewhat understand it, with a huge amount of difficulty (the language is even harder before the viking era). Anglo-Frisian = *brain explodes*

@carlgharis7948

Жыл бұрын

Actually I'd say 1700s onwards understand 90%. 1500/ early 1700s. You understand a good 2/3. And people you meet they'd understand the main point of what you're saying however still have difficulty deciphering the whole thing. Much before 1500 going back into middle English you'd hear what sounds like a foreign language however you'd recognize many words familiar too you. Really I'm not sure you could really get into a conversation with anyone you 1st meet before 1650. Old English of course. I recognized 2 words of that entire thing.

0:44 Damn Shakespear got better mic quality than me

@rayenbenfatma5452

5 жыл бұрын

Was that really him? I feel I’m gonna be wooshed

@Christiancepedaa

5 жыл бұрын

Rayen Ben fatma R/woooosh

@adriana-ll8vj

5 жыл бұрын

Rayen Ben fatma yeah dude! we had audio recordings of jesus even!

@ingriddubbel8468

5 жыл бұрын

Learn to spell Shakespeare.

@nomorevideos5118

5 жыл бұрын

he sounds like a smoker

old english sounded like elvish to me

@lorierush8205

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. It probably served as one of the inspirations

@jasonmcdaniel345

7 жыл бұрын

Elvish Preshley?

@silversoul9683

7 жыл бұрын

Tolkien took inspiration from it.

@MaestroRigale

7 жыл бұрын

kestrel archer The very earliest name that could be considered to be "Elvish" is Earendil, adapted from the word "earendel," believed to be the name of the morning/evening star in an Old-English religious poem. Tolkien thought the word beautiful and uncharacteristic of typical Old-English sound, so he took it and adapted it. Many of the unique words found in his constructed languages were words he thought unique and aesthetically pleasing from Germanic languages, Finnish, Welsh, Greek, Spanish, and others...

@richdigiacomo3820

7 жыл бұрын

kestrel archer That's because Tolkein studied ancient Norse and based Elvish on it.

Very interesting, great video. Thank you!

So basically if I lived in 14th century England everyone would sound like Willie the groundskeeper from the Simpsons.

@noneofhourbusiness

7 жыл бұрын

Paul West, No because Willi has a pure Scottish accent.

@Jalapablo

7 жыл бұрын

Aye ye dumbass. Tis' what I mean. Sounds like Scots I tell ya! Scots! Arrrgggh! Ye stoopid dumbass

@fabianfischer4229

7 жыл бұрын

Damn those Scots! They ruined Scotland!

@dyread

7 жыл бұрын

The scottish language is a celtic language, not Germanic like English.

@AdhocHoopla

7 жыл бұрын

dyread Depends what you mean. Scots is definitely from old to middle English.

1600s: “Thy natural magic and dire property...” 2019: gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang

@gamingforaday5446

5 жыл бұрын

Juvenal_37 I don't cares and shit

@pwrovr9k731

5 жыл бұрын

@Juvenal_37 Yeah it was 2017 not 2019 nobody even listens to that song anymore

@big_sad_wolf

4 жыл бұрын

Mikhail gorbachev r/ihavereddit

@perc30

4 жыл бұрын

cursed doggo don’t use reddit on anything other than reddit you fucking fool

@HawkinaBox

4 жыл бұрын

XD

That last part was the Lord’s Prayer. It’s amazing how Germanic English was before the French invasion!

Languages change gradually, so it's really hard to find a cut-off point in the past where they become unintelligible - and that point will vary for individuals depending on their natural linguistic abilities and their education - for example, if you have studied French and, particularly, German, you will find Middle English more understandable than someone who has not. And, of course, we generally only encounter older forms of English as written languages, not as spoken ones. There are three main stages in the development of English. Old English, which goes up to the beginning of the 12th Century; Middle English which goes from about 1100 to 1500; "Modern English" from 1500 on. But these aren't leaps, they are milestones along a path of constant, gradual change. A bit of obscure vocabulary aside, a modern English speaker would be able to understand everyday speech from 1500 onwards without any great difficulty. With modernised spelling, Shakespeare is perfectly intelligible - if he wasn't, we wouldn't still be watching his plays. And Shakespeare's language is often removed from everyday speech - a lot of it is poetic and formal, and his vocabulary is much wider than that used in everyday circumstances. By the time of the Civil War (1640's) written English is very little different from what it is today. Middle English is more difficult for a modern English person to understand without making a significant effort. For most of us, if we do encounter Middle English at all, it is Chaucer, so late 14th century. After a while, it's not that difficult to understand, especially if you have knowledge of German and French - and it is easier to understand when read out loud than it is as a written language, where the spellings can sometimes disguise words that are actually still in use. But Old English is a different kettle of fish and completely unintelligible to a modern English speaker. It has to be learned in the same way that a foreign language does. So where is the cut off date? Different for different people, but for a lot of us, I would say it lies somewhere towards the end of the Middle English period.

This video is actually really interesting and not ridiculous. Haven't felt like this on KZread for a while.

@RockItProductions

8 жыл бұрын

+EverythingWright Wish the video was longer though.

art thou feeling it now mr krabs?

@potamusgains362

6 жыл бұрын

ghettoblaster36 10/10 would meme again

@MrsSasukeUchiha

6 жыл бұрын

ghettoblaster36 😂😂😂

@mrcastillo4240

6 жыл бұрын

ghettoblaster36 😂😂😂😂

@albertmerlew

6 жыл бұрын

ghettoblaster36 Feelest thou it now mr. Krabs?

@Wilsbourne

6 жыл бұрын

Dost thou even hoist?

This is just fascinating. Great video folks.

This is fascinating! I’m watching it over and over…

Why do all readers of old and middle English make it sound overly dramatic. The Anglo-Saxons were probably not living in a permanant Beowulf epic saga!

@FroyimGratch

8 жыл бұрын

+Leode Siefast Hwaet!?

@sarban1653

8 жыл бұрын

How did you come to that conclusion?

@Felixxxxxxxxx

7 жыл бұрын

Icelandic has not changed much since year 900. The further back in the video they got the pronunciation and vocabulary got closer to Icelandic. it is obviously very hard to tell how people spoke back then, but I would say that they gave it a fair try

@reidcircuits826

7 жыл бұрын

ownya8 kinda makes sense. icelandic was a viking language and the viking took over england at one point.

@frakkintoasterluvva7920

7 жыл бұрын

David Reid Actually, it doesn't have much to do with Danish/viking conquests in the 9th century and occasionally later (which had a minor influence on Old English in the form of some borrowed Old Norse words) but with the fact that Anglo-Saxons already spoke a language similar to Norse languages, because that's where they were originally from.

So basically a drunk Scotch is our best bet if we want to send someone 1000 years in the past.

@lisaca76

5 жыл бұрын

SCOT not scotch. Scotch is a drink, not a person.

@stevenwinnen9104

5 жыл бұрын

Or a mad Scottish Grandmother. My Grandma Dean was something when she got mad or excited.

@stevenwinnen9104

5 жыл бұрын

But how would a Drunk Scotsman sound after drinking Scotch?

@palepilgrim1174

4 жыл бұрын

@@lisaca76 Why does Scotch offend you? From here myself and don't understand it. Is it just to be awkward and difficult? What is actually offensive about Scotch...

@moonmelodies8974

4 жыл бұрын

@@palepilgrim1174 we just don't like it. that should be enough if you're a respectful person.

I remember doing this and covering the topic whilst doing applied linguistics.. Thanks for the trip down the memory lane..

"ART THOU NOT PLEASED?"

@JRL_

3 жыл бұрын

Thou pleased with your profile name.

If you visit Newcastle you can stop understanding English today.

@maxheadroom3839

6 жыл бұрын

Reef Campbell Newcastle in England 😉👍.

@starski1982

6 жыл бұрын

yee waant fillin in? :)

@chonkyadventures4930

6 жыл бұрын

Wha ya mean ya lil mug

@user-oy6is7ry8n

6 жыл бұрын

And Liverpool too...

@firstnamesurname3899

6 жыл бұрын

Ηλίας Παπαδάτος well along of people seem to understand The Beatles...

This was literally the most interesting thing I’ve ever see on the Internet 🤔

@johnclayton4946

4 жыл бұрын

I've ever seen on the internet! Be careful with your English Sir Robard!

@Mii.2.0

3 жыл бұрын

69 LIKES! 🤣

@jasonmccormack8993

3 жыл бұрын

Literally?

@idk27212

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mii.2.0 169 likes now, and I am going to ruin it.

@Mii.2.0

3 жыл бұрын

@@idk27212 😡

Fascinating. Gives a person a lot to think about. Well done.

Fascinating! Thank you.

@philipmoore1357

Жыл бұрын

Hello, Brenda! how are you doing? yes ,forever respect and love for the native american. where are you chatting from? hope you don't mind me texting.

Shakespeare invented many words and phrases we still use today such as "Break the ice". "Fair play". "A laughing stock"..words such as Fashionable, Bedazzled. Addiction. Lets see if Bromance, Chillax and Amazeballs are still around in 500 hundred years.

@Krytern

6 жыл бұрын

Bromance probably will be. Chillax and amazeballs probably not. Slang comes and goes and some sticks it is just how it is. Like how we Brits have said 'mate' for centuries and now Australians say it too.

@lillyann2818

6 жыл бұрын

I think 'bromance' will last; it's a clever combo that refers to something real that deserves a name. Chillax and amazeballs are just the latest versions of terms that already exist.

@tenerife_sea

6 жыл бұрын

nhgfd juytre the difference is unlike shakespeare's, we'll never know who created those words lol poor guy

@lillyann2818

6 жыл бұрын

good point tenerife =)

@Sigira0

6 жыл бұрын

What's bromance???

1500's: saoush shall shracas seihl 2019: thats the tea sis

@jameeztherandomguy5418

4 жыл бұрын

Old English: thæt sy sé drenc, sweostor so, how the hell did you get that Middle English one? that wasn't actually what it was in Middle English if the *Old English version* of that is closer to modern

The way they pronounced "gone" in Shakespeare's time is the way people down South pronounce it now.

@alvarosanabria216

3 жыл бұрын

Midwest also lol 😂

@Galidorquest

3 жыл бұрын

@Alvaro Sanabria Facts. Especially here in Chicago since most black people's ancestors migrated from the South to the North after slavery.

I didn't realize how much I wanted to know this until I saw this on my feed

holy shit the last one sounded like some other language entirely

@Redheadsmiles23

8 жыл бұрын

+Ashley somebody I believe that was when it was transitioning out of Old English into Modern English, which I find interesting that it is still classified as English. If your interested the language before Old English was Anglo-Frisian, then West Germanic (or a sub language of West Germanic to be specific) Proto-West Germanic (proto means before, ie prototype), Germanic and finally Proto-Indo-European, all of which are pretty much unspeakable by native speakers of the descendent languages unless said speaker has study the language. :P

@shinmusashi44

8 жыл бұрын

+Ashley somebody Because it is. Very first English comes from North Germany. Remember "England" was Celtic. North Germans brought their language that became English. Anglo people are from North Germany.

@BritishBeachcomber

7 жыл бұрын

Sabrina - Frisian is actually one of the easiest languages for a native English speaker to learn.

@bookmouse770

7 жыл бұрын

I think you're right. There was an old program called The Story of English where it showed how it changed though history.

@KyleP133

7 жыл бұрын

It mostly is. English as we know it is mixed up low-German (as in German low-lands - by the sea, the ones who went out on boats and conquered coastal areas and islands, like Brittania) mixed with French (thanks to the Norman invasion - you know, from Normandy, France) which basically came from Latin.

woke up from a 2 year coma... 2017: "Cash me oussid howbow dah!"

@ricardocastaneda875

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Maxime wasnt much better 2 years ago anyway.

@gregoriysharapov1936

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Maxime Eee gay

I’ve been asking myself this question forever, thank you.

You, a time traveller: Now I'm back in the 11th century! Guards: Seize that barbarian

0:43 When devil reads Shakespeare I bet he sounds like that.

Middle English literally sounds like a mix of German and French.

@Krytern

6 жыл бұрын

English is a Germanic language and after the Norman Conquest about 29% of English is French so that makes sense.

@Krytern

6 жыл бұрын

John Jaeger - Typos at 3 in the morning will be typos.

@moshow93

6 жыл бұрын

And old English sounds more German.

@johnjaeger2968

6 жыл бұрын

Krytern UK it's just some friendly bantz, bro. It happens to the best of us

@benlucas3625

6 жыл бұрын

It doesn't sound like French at all. It sounds like a blend of modern English and Nordic Languages. It sounds poetic because what he read was from The Canterbury Tales. Written language in many languages often isn't how most people regularly speak on a daily basis.

I respect that you made this video in two minutes thirty six seconds, that’s awesome, you could’ve easily stretched it to 10-12 minutes whatever it is. But yeah, awesome job!

i come back to watch this amazing video every single year

u wot m8?

@shayan_ecksdee

8 жыл бұрын

thou art what, mine companion

@dooplon5083

8 жыл бұрын

Thou what, mate?

@kaiserwilhelmii4816

7 жыл бұрын

Daddy Keemstar WTF HOLY SHIT I FOUND YOU AGAIN

@therealbosstopob4l974

7 жыл бұрын

Daddy Keemstar Cash me outside how bout dat

They wouldn't understand English in 2019 either.

@Niinamythe75xNiinsShalashaska

4 жыл бұрын

"sksksksksk"

@lukamaslesa6531

4 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer

@Sogood869

4 жыл бұрын

@@lukamaslesa6531 They really wouldn't though....

@Xnoob545

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sogood869 lmao ye bro

@NoCluYT

4 жыл бұрын

Go to Toronto or London, UK. You won't understand a single thing from London roadman.

It’s not impossible to adapt to any of that. We learn new words all the time so those random words we’d ascribe meaning to after a while.

I still watch this mini video 2022 and still amazed Love this video

"bruh whomst'd left this sword here? yeeet lmao 💯👌🏽😂" -King Arthur

@NoThrottle

6 жыл бұрын

Aarohan Bordoloi i dont think mirrors work that way

@libbyfan

6 жыл бұрын

Oof.

@hetaliafordummies9372

6 жыл бұрын

I’m English and I should be offended, but I’m not lol

*gen z in 2019* : “when the tea is served but it’s none of your business but then sis snaps and you’re a skinny legend” (good for you if you know the reference) *people from 4069* : is this shakespeare?

@hollowhoagie6441

4 жыл бұрын

It's 2019 and I can't even read this

@Ghenny3030

4 жыл бұрын

izzoneay _ ok boomer

@mayman4255

4 жыл бұрын

"Tea is served" "sis snaps" "skinny legend" What the fuck does this mean

@jellsjells5501

4 жыл бұрын

Mayman that the tea is served, Good sis literally snapped, and so skinny she’s a legend is what it means

@PENSDYNASTY

4 жыл бұрын

This is only for teen girls lmao...

0:36 *Video has been Demonetised*

I clapped at the end of the vid as I did a BA in English with one course on English history - but through this vid, you make me listen to what I have studied theoretically. So brilliant!

It isn't so much how much you could understand that's the question, but how well they could understand modern English. Communication is a two-way street.

@JoeCampione0

6 жыл бұрын

Aguila701 you could go back 30 years and people would look at you funny

@commonsense3921

6 жыл бұрын

30 years ago would be 1987 english is pretty much the same idiot.

@JoeCampione0

6 жыл бұрын

Common Sense 133T speak is a modern form of english from the internet, which wasn't even around in 1987. Idiot

@commonsense3921

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Campione modern computer talk is not "speaking" it's writing you dumbfuck, This video is based on SPEAK, 30 years ago the internet didn't exist which makes your statement completely idiotic, Smh

@JoeCampione0

6 жыл бұрын

Common Sense the title of the video says "understand English". That includes speaking and writing. You are really offended by this and I'm not really sure why. Where did I hurt you? Can you point out for me? Thanks

I think that "crapulous" could well make a comeback.

@Whoville3

5 жыл бұрын

Petitio Principii hell YEA!

@Mothlord03

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@MauriatOttolink

5 жыл бұрын

Petitio Principii It already has done:- "relating to the drinking of alcohol or drunkenness." Plus:- crapulent |ˈkrapjʊl(ə)nt| adjective literary relating to the drinking of alcohol or drunkenness. DERIVATIVES crapulence noun, crapulous adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from late Latin crapulentus ‘very drunk’, from Latin crapula ‘inebriation’, from Greek kraipalē ‘drunken headache’.

@MauriatOttolink

5 жыл бұрын

Gappie al Kebai Thank you. Two out of my three favourite vices. Quick Tip:You need to include the name to whom you wish to reply. I took a guess and got lucky! Regards. M.O.L

@MauriatOttolink

5 жыл бұрын

Gappie Al Kebabi. And yours is a Walk In The Park, is it? You can google my account name and derive my activity. It actually makes sense. My I suggest a more suitable account name for you. er..Let's see now.. "ReallyFuckin'AwkwardBastardUnableToRecogniseA_GestureOf FriendshipIf ItJumpedupAndBitHisBollocks" I know, I know..It's a bit long and although it's a pain to type in, it IS very accurate. Perhaps the slightly briefer, more concise "BIG TWAT" might be just as appropriate? eh? Big Twat? If you ever need any assistance to get your head out of your arse, please send me your SatNav details and I'll program them into my I-Kalashnikov & send you some lead based help! By the way ...MY meaningful account name is ONE character less than your meaningless gibberish. If you find that "BIG TWAT' is already in use, try Cunt.. It's short and to the point. People are probably thinking that anyway!

Why do I keep watching this over and over?

This was such a good video

Old English sounds like today's Dutch

@googlesucks7840

5 жыл бұрын

Dutch is supposed to be the easiest language for an English speaker to learn.

@BamBamGT1

5 жыл бұрын

@@googlesucks7840 Ik denk dat jij niet echt veel begrijpt van wat ik hier schrijf, tenzij je natuurlijk van Nederland of Vlaanderen bent, in dat geval maak ik mij hier behoorlijk belachelijk :p

@googlesucks7840

5 жыл бұрын

@@BamBamGT1 Je hebt gelijk. Het is maar goed dat ik Google vertaal en dat Nederlanders Engels spreken! :)

@googlesucks7840

5 жыл бұрын

@LegoGuy87 I agree. I was reffering to a youtube video I saw but since the invading Saxons came from Frisa in the Netherlands, I suppose it makes sense the language is quite close. Maybe it was reffering to the sound rather than the written word? On the other hand, if something sounds strange in England, it is reffered to as "double-dutch". Just as well we have Google tanslate.

@cellardoor199991

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a drunken Irish guy