A London Accent from the 14th to the 21st Centuries

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If you'd like to read more about the history of south-eastern English pronunciation, I'd recommend the Cambridge History of the English Language series. I used volumes II and III extensively for this video, but if there are mistakes, they're far more likely to be mine. The chapters on phonology are particularly interesting.
If you have any specific questions, I'm more than happy to answer them in a comments and provide a page reference, or a reference to another piece of research. I also have a few videos on similar topics. My videos on the consonants and vowels of Old English go through some of the methods by which older pronunciation is reconstructed.
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CORRECTIONS:
Julia G. commented that 1646 recording mentions the display of a crucifix at a time (presumably the 1570s-1580s) when the open practice of Catholicism was considered high treason in England. I admit I had the timings slightly wrong here - although I think it is possible that some families privately kept hold of Catholic items and displayed them occasionally, it would have been dangerous. The mention of the crucifix was designed to provide a contrast to his comment at the end of the recording, which refers to the fact that Christmas was soon to be illegalised altogether.
Leona Bastet commented that 'spooked' (to describe a horse) is not appropriate in the Middle/Early Modern English period - the word 'spook' seems to be a later Dutch loan word! This was a result of me not really knowing which texts to look for the appropriate word in, and going for the modern one I'm most familiar with. Sorry about that!

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@Nudibranch_ 7 ай бұрын

I’m from 14th century London I can confirm this is accurate

@bobsmith5441 7 ай бұрын

It is great to have an actual testimonial from the time period to confirm. Thank you

@Paul20661 7 ай бұрын

@thecamocampaindude5167 6 ай бұрын

Im from the 19th, how are you kind sir?

@OakwiseBecoming 6 ай бұрын

Must break your heart to see the ethnocide of your people taking place in real time.

@zakme5638 6 ай бұрын

😂

@truthseeker9945 2 ай бұрын

Phenomenal talent. His voice went from the 14th to the 21st century whilst his side burns remained in the 17th Century

@leventeszaffenauer4142 2 ай бұрын

underrated comment right here.

@kiriakoz 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate this one.

@Indlovu402 2 ай бұрын

😂😂

@teodorfoks8921 2 ай бұрын

More like 19th century

@laceandribbonsviolin 2 ай бұрын

Whilst😆🙃

@alxmtncstudio2066 2 ай бұрын

NOW I understand why we say English has germanic roots. Earlier accents display just that

@terrybull1534 Ай бұрын

Uhhh and a lot of the words ate derived from german

@pancakepop680 Ай бұрын

@@terrybull1534I think you need to look up the origins of Latin

@terrybull1534 Ай бұрын

@pancakepop680 I think you need to look up the origins of English bud

@midnightriot2454 Ай бұрын

It sounds more Scottish to me lol

@grixxly2768 Ай бұрын

@@midnightriot2454Scottish originated from a similar place that is modern day Germany and the netherlands

@Rose_Nebula 6 ай бұрын

It’s crazy how you do all this and don’t consider yourself a linguist yet. This is incredible work.

@scooterlibbie 4 ай бұрын

Well you can't just declare yourself a linguist. You gotta have a degree

@snake_eater1963 4 ай бұрын

linguistics hire this man

@WonkelDee 3 ай бұрын

@@scooterlibbiethat’s bullshit

@scooterlibbie 3 ай бұрын

@@WonkelDee tell me more, Dr. Wonkel

@WonkelDee 3 ай бұрын

@@scooterlibbieNot every title requires a degree. A linguist is anyone who studies languages or is skilled at one.

@smellsliketheonlynirvanasongyk Жыл бұрын

Damn, this guy had to live for 7 centuries just to record this video. what a legend

@slicksnewonenow Жыл бұрын

😅😂🤣 EXCELLENT!

@slaydog5102 Жыл бұрын

Wow such an original joke!

@bruce8429 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where his fountain of youth is? I've been looking for it forever.

@smellsliketheonlynirvanasongyk Жыл бұрын

1k likes? You guys are crazy lol

@technox8166 Жыл бұрын

Not through 7 centuries, more like the 70s. Horrible sideburns and extremely unmaintained hair as typical with someone who does a video like this.

@minethegap 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like my Welsh uncle sobering up when he comes over on Christmas Day every year

@babbabooey1176 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@unbabunga229 3 жыл бұрын

😅😅😅😅

@Josh-by8er 3 жыл бұрын

as a welshman, i can confirm that we all sound like this through the course of a night out

@jamiehinch9239 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@joederbo6151 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, every stage of it... 😂💯

@Tj33372 7 ай бұрын

Farmers in Northern Ireland still talk like it’s the 14th century, and I can understand this video better 😂

@marthinlarsen1473 2 ай бұрын

1346: sounds more like a blend or scottish, irish, Welsh. 1406: sound a bit much like Norwegian, Danish and Swedish aswell, the pronunciation of the words. 1466: a bit Dutch 1526: more English from nowadays. Amazing work, this is incredible🙏👨‍🏫👨‍🌾

@marieke6951 28 күн бұрын

Nothing Dutch about the 1466 one sorry. Nederlands heeft andere klanken.

@twobobruss 3 жыл бұрын

They all sound like Ozzy Osbourne at different stages of drunk

@rott5533 3 жыл бұрын

SHAROOOOOOOOOON

@ThePimpedOutwaffle 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@thatchonkyfonky3327 3 жыл бұрын

SOMEONES GONE IN MY ROOM AND TAKEN MY BEERS OUT OF MY ROOM

@rott5533 3 жыл бұрын

@@thatchonkyfonky3327 WHO IS THE BEER THIEF

@user-sl7ki4ip7v 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@flyingorange4493 2 жыл бұрын

You can really hear how Germanic English really is with the 1406 version.

@bismanaufa5618 2 жыл бұрын

11 days ago 111 likes

@flyingorange4493 2 жыл бұрын

@@bismanaufa5618 >11 hours ago

@greathornedowl1783 2 жыл бұрын

English still sounds really germanic and doesn't actually sound all that different today. Watch what english sounds like to foreigners.

@flyingorange4493 2 жыл бұрын

@@greathornedowl1783 Yeah that's a cool video. I think both are good demonstrations of that.

@Ultrajamz 2 жыл бұрын

Almost irish sounding

@kittykittybangbang000 3 ай бұрын

i love how he speaks in these accents and dialects naturally with stuttering or slips and tone changes rather than a robotic script like a lot of other language channels do it feels really real

@jenmdawg Ай бұрын

I take delight in the sheer number of people who find this fascinating. I’m going to guess that most don’t even know why (it’s just in our bones - this curiosity) but I’m so grateful to live in a time where refined/specific scholars can reach so many so easily. What a joy to listen to.

@Growmetheus 2 жыл бұрын

1400s: yiddish grandpa 1500s: nordic lad 1600s: german grandma/posh irishman 1700s: an american immigrant 1800s: an australian immigrant 1900s: an audio book

@tander101 2 жыл бұрын

Every one of the accents sounds Scandinavian to me, but I'm Canadian.

@assassinaria 2 жыл бұрын

@@tander101 I feel like it's just the intonation of the speaker's voice. Unfortunately, it's unavoidable. He sounds Irish in some instances. If you listen to some audio recordings from the mid-late 1800s, it doesn't sound very much like that.

@eethvamp 2 жыл бұрын

I heard German, Scottish, Irish, and Australian.

@AbcdEfgh-sq2tf 2 жыл бұрын

Lol so the current american accent is just 1700s british accent?

@polinttalu7102 2 жыл бұрын

@@AbcdEfgh-sq2tf yes

@andersbodin1551 3 жыл бұрын

as a swedish and english speaker, the 1406 accent is so trippy; my ears can't decide wether to process it as english or as swedish.

@daviddesert3132 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I have been in Sweden 30 years and got the same trip!

@andersbodin1551 3 жыл бұрын

@@daviddesert3132 its kindof like one of thouse ilusions where you can ether see an old man or a young lady but not at the same time, but for your ears.

@drott150 3 жыл бұрын

Engage Swenglish mode and it'll be fine.

@Annawe 3 жыл бұрын

It reminded me of my Grandparents when they spoke (They were Dutch). Very trippy.

@per6605 3 жыл бұрын

To me it sounds like icelandic

@fishpie00 Ай бұрын

What a ludicrous amount of character you've given these voices. I've just experienced their whole lives, each and every one.

@aztro.99 21 күн бұрын

right? its so engaging

@antelbow5270 Ай бұрын

London accent 2024: *“wagwan my g. Mad ting yeah”*

@amandamyers7382 25 күн бұрын

Crying 🤣🤣

@aztro.99 21 күн бұрын

oi bruv

@Cd5ssmffan 18 күн бұрын

usual suspects

@spaceonion4126 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a period drama set in England using the actual language of the time

@christinawatkinsyoutube Жыл бұрын

Me too! Fed up with all these posh accents haha

@nimeshajayatunge4007 Жыл бұрын

The VVitch!

@TheSatsumaman Жыл бұрын

Akenfield is a drama from the 70s that is famous for having recorded dead dialects in suffolk

@56postoffice Жыл бұрын

If I remember, *"Ripper Street"* used language spoken by Victorian Londoners of the late 1880s.

@focalpointsound Жыл бұрын

Not quite what you asked for but The Witch by Robert Eggers uses New England language.

@adamd.philips7657 Жыл бұрын

As a non-native English speaker, this is an ultimate listening test

@milesolszko2062 Жыл бұрын

As a native English speaker I can barely make sense of the first one without subtitles.

@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too Жыл бұрын

@@milesolszko2062 For those who know Norwegian, this couldn't be a test unless it was woke and made to get only winners. Probably because of Viking influence five hundred years before.

@flavanone9884 Жыл бұрын

As a native, I can’t really understand anything until the 1500s

@giraffesinc.2193 Жыл бұрын

As a NATIVE English speaker, this is an ultimate listening test.

@LydiaMoMydia Жыл бұрын

as a native speaker i cant understand anything from the 1300s, i can vaguely understand the 1400s and can almost perfectly understand the 1460s

@Kalarandir 7 ай бұрын

The early accents have so many similarities to Scots you would hear in the Ayrshire twang of my grandparents.

@stephanie80s 7 ай бұрын

The second section is astonishingly Nordic-sounding. And the change from the mid 17th to the early 18th century is just extraordinary! Marvellous video, thank you!

@MakhalanyaneMotaung Жыл бұрын

As an Aussie I can hear how the 1800s London accent influenced ours

@treblerebel2362 Жыл бұрын

That's because it was all our London jails were full so they sent us cockneys to Australia

@MakhalanyaneMotaung Жыл бұрын

@@treblerebel2362 exactly right mate

@stcovel Жыл бұрын

Interesting - the late 1700s / 1800s sound a bit closer to American to me

@haveyoumettess Жыл бұрын

As an American, the 1706 one sound not far off from a “typical” American accent and I am SHOOK

@MakhalanyaneMotaung Жыл бұрын

@@haveyoumettess like our respective accents are frozen time capsules of England when they invaded these lands

@t.c.bramblett617 3 жыл бұрын

"He was SPOOKED and he RAN OFF into the WODES" I felt that

@anatolydyatlov963 3 жыл бұрын

Happens to me every damn time. It's like an instinct.

@themountainsandthesea4121 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah,me too.

@ezzie9167 3 жыл бұрын

Mood

@hannahzwic5975 3 жыл бұрын

Paul from 90 day fiance

@hanz090 3 жыл бұрын

@Hannah zwic 💀😂

@melodyvalentine8779 6 ай бұрын

Im from the North East of England and the first few of these sounded very much like our accent, mixed with some Welsh and the odd bit of Irish. Right up until the 1700s it sounded very similar, we still say hoose, fatha, nowt, etc.

@mmedeuxchevaux 7 ай бұрын

I'm just so impressed that you took on this challenge in the first place - and executed it perfectly. Utterly fascinating. And I love that, just to be kind, you added your family's Etsy shop links.

@scottcarroll9201 2 жыл бұрын

The 1706 and 1766 accents give you an idea also of how the American colonists of the time sounded. I'm always amused when movies about the American Revolution depict the British soldiers with posh, non rhotic pronunciation. The reality is they wouldn't have sounded much different from the American colonists they were fighting.

@j.franknorris2346 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too. Absolutely mind blowing when you think about it

@G1CAAAAEO 2 жыл бұрын

Hollywood propaganda, as usual.

@NLSBLN 2 жыл бұрын

@@j.franknorris2346 I am german, but i just thought about that right now. I`m so happy that i`ve just found a video about the sounds!! unbelievable (or however you write that xD)

@NLSBLN 2 жыл бұрын

Oh i wrote that right, lol

@angelwings9500 2 жыл бұрын

I hear how similarly Americans now sound a bit like the 1700s.

@PositiveVibes94 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone is talking about the amazing quality if the accents, but no one is talking about the amazing "time period appropriate" monologues being spoken! Maybe they were taken from diaries or something from real people of the time, but if these were written as scripts to be read from, then massive kudos. Each monologue felt like a real snapshot story from the past

@BencsikZs 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly same thoughts. My favourite one is the 1706.

@gregorytrotter6657 3 жыл бұрын

The accompanying text describes pronunciation practices for each time period and how they came to be. They seem mostly to have been arrived at from the ways words were spelled by representative writers from the different periods.

@ThorfinnMacbeth 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorytrotter6657 agreed!

@ZeR0W1 3 жыл бұрын

I liked the one about the great London fire

@Y-two-K 2 жыл бұрын

@@BencsikZs the rhotic 'r's make it sound a bit American. which makes sense because British didn't ditch rhotic 'r's until later

@sondose5447 2 ай бұрын

It’s crazy how much more germanic it sounds

@remaincalm2 6 ай бұрын

I've decided not to time travel back beyond 1526 because I wouldn't have a clue what they're saying.

@patrickking9600 3 жыл бұрын

You are a true amateur, from the original French word l’amour, meaning a lover of something. No one is paying you to do this, it’s not in your job description, you just love it. Good on you man, this is fantastic!

@simonroper9218 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's very kind :)

@diogeneslantern18 3 жыл бұрын

I believe the great Bobby Jones was also once quoted as saying (and I paraphrase) "to be an amateur is to have a love of the game [golf], to play for money is to lose that love and replace it"

@clairegranier2428 3 жыл бұрын

L’amour means love, but it is close enough :)

@clairegranier2428 3 жыл бұрын

Lover is l’amant or l’amoureux

@FannomacritaireSuomi 3 жыл бұрын

Amateur comes through Old French yes, but not from the noun _amour_ (love), instead of the Italian verb _amare_ (or as they say "amatore"). Always check your sources.

@DarkwaveDave Жыл бұрын

I’m Scottish and understood the early accents quite well.

@janfvideoblog Жыл бұрын

As a non-native speaker, this is what hit me first. Earliest accents sound a lot like scottish english to me. Don't know why.

@danielgriffin9986 Жыл бұрын

this is what i said 'As a scottish man, I guess this is how we sound to other english speakers lmao. From the early english i could understand most of what was being said because it sounds a lot like the slang we use today but still very difficult' it is funny how scottish the early language sounds

@geordie114 Жыл бұрын

Same as here in Geordie Northumberland.

@beslemeto Жыл бұрын

@@geordie114 Probably they changed the pronunciation mostly in London...

@jemima4242 Жыл бұрын

& here in Cumbria! Sounds like what we think ‘traveller’ accent. They have it right - want to become self sufficient miself!

@MrsWilberforce2 5 ай бұрын

That's incredible. It wasn't until you got to 1706 that I could understand everything. Before that it was only maybe 3 words out of 10, and those other 7 sounded completely foreign.

@Marlo_Strannik 7 ай бұрын

This is so informative and interesting. To hear the voices, two generations at a time, really makes historical people feel real.

@Antaios632 3 жыл бұрын

As an American, it's fascinating to hear it get closer to a North American accent through the late 1700s, and then diverge after that.

@StratocastRS 2 жыл бұрын

may be why tidewater accents and west/virginia accents sound very similar

@StratocastRS 2 жыл бұрын

also southern US and Western english accents

@GreatGreebo 2 жыл бұрын

After hearing this it now makes sense HOW Yanks ended up sounding like they do considering when the bulk of people emigrated from the UK to the USA…it’s fascinating! I love this video.

@mausilw 2 жыл бұрын

I genuinely don’t see how that sounds like a North American accent to be honest. It still sounds significantly British.

@GreatGreebo 2 жыл бұрын

@@mausilw I can see if you don’t hear UK accents very often then it probably does sound VERY British (or Irish to be exact) but if you’re exposed to British accents all day, every day then it sounds so VERY North American!

@akcentz.accents2561 3 жыл бұрын

As a gentleman growing up in the 1400's, one can confirm this is accurate to the most acute degree

@tselengbotlhole750 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@jahermos 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@Oscuros 3 жыл бұрын

Why would someone from the 15th Century use Victorian language like "acute"? You're clearly just a modern American.

@tselengbotlhole750 3 жыл бұрын

Oscuros jeez loosen up, this is a joke 😂😂😂 really man are you serious?😂😂😂

@Eire_Aontaithe 3 жыл бұрын

@@tselengbotlhole750 He is right.

@CraigMaxwell-gz3vw 8 ай бұрын

I particularly loved the beautifully non-intrusive “ad” at the end , I might actually check that out.

@JimmyDropout 7 ай бұрын

Simon, this is a work of art. Congrats from Italy!

@PikkaBite 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know why KZfaq put this in my recommendations but I'm glad it did.

@cathjj840 3 жыл бұрын

Join the club! See his number of subs? Half of them at least had your same thought.

@alexhek 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@cubedtothex 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@jamiejudd7146 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@bublechick 3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@N0THANKY0U 3 жыл бұрын

you always start your videos with "i'm not a linguist", how much linguistics do you have to do until you start accepting that you kind of are a bit of a linguist

@fox_2312 3 жыл бұрын

N0THANKY0U well I think officially he needs a degree

@-haclong2366 3 жыл бұрын

Hobby linguist or amateur linguist, as that would accurately describe him.

@RobinDBanks-re9nz 3 жыл бұрын

A cunning linguist perhaps

@adams7637 3 жыл бұрын

@@-haclong2366 his skills are certainly at a professional level

@inigo137 3 жыл бұрын

We live in a society in which you aren't shit until you have have a paper saying that you know what you know.

@adrianneavenicci 7 ай бұрын

What an extraordinary video and channel. I’m looking forward to watching them all.

@eat.food.not.friends 4 ай бұрын

This is so amazing.... Thank you, it was so interresting to listen.... Not just how they spoke, but also the stories they told were so interresting...

@PettyMitch Жыл бұрын

As someone born in 1683 I can confidently say you nailed them all. Edit: I had no idea this had so many likes😭 thank y’all for all of them lol.

@RO-st8wh Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 underated comment

@nialllambert3194 Жыл бұрын

I came to Europe from the Bronx in 1492, and you guys sure spoke some jive.

@marinam1660 Жыл бұрын

It’s an idea of how people spoke

@timestima Жыл бұрын

Vampire?

@ois9 Жыл бұрын

Oh how nice. I was born in 1684 myself.

@kutukteyiz408 3 жыл бұрын

So my accent has nothing to do with my being Turkish. I just learnt the language in 1706.

@hannyhawkins7804 3 жыл бұрын

But I’ll bet it’s better English than my Turkish, or most other people on this YT.

@kutukteyiz408 3 жыл бұрын

@@hannyhawkins7804 Most probably but it’s definitely not your fault. :) Turkish is tough to learn for Native speakers of European languages. It is originated from Altai mountains and has a very different structure. İ.e. My Korean friends learn Turkish easier than they learn English.

@-dogu-5231 3 жыл бұрын

krallll

@kab1r 3 жыл бұрын

@@kutukteyiz408 that's interesting thanks for sharing

@GorillaFlakes 3 жыл бұрын

Yh ur white basically

@amandaross8652 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

@joewilliams3919 3 ай бұрын

Lots of “cute” modern comments - I couldn’t think one up, but I think this is an admirable and terrific effort to capture the rhythms of the evolution of English - VERY WELL DONE!

@noblestsavage1742 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe you actually needed to tell folk they are not actually recordings of folk from before recording existed😂😂

@twiglet2214 3 жыл бұрын

Yep - i saw one recently where the narrator said " ...and of course there was no electricity then.." referring back to 600 years ago ! And then there was the plastic self assembly dog kennel for sale with a picture on the box it came in of a retriever by the kennel and the caveat " dog not included " !

@tamsinwood2 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@bigsteve6729 3 жыл бұрын

They've actually played back sounds that were accidentally etched into clay pots as the sounds made at the time etched sound waves into the clay as they were moulding them with some sort of brush tool on the wheel and the vibrations were etched into it. Google it pretty interesting, so there kind of is recordings that exist before recordings 😁👍😂

@twiglet2214 3 жыл бұрын

@@bigsteve6729 Absolutely correct - they discovered small engines fitted to the clay receptacles and they think they were discarded because it drove them potty.They used them in Colchester where i live - Britains oldest recorded town - so yet again factually correct - they were known as clayers which is where the word players has it's origins.

@SubrosaJoe 3 жыл бұрын

Folk

@beek.4860 Жыл бұрын

My great-grandmother (born in the early 1920s) has lived in rural Tasmania all her life and was descended from London convicts of the mid-1800s, and I recognized the 1886 English accent immediately as the one she imitates when telling stories of her own grandparents or uncles or aunts born at that time.

@agneseditsstuff Жыл бұрын

that's fantastic!

@Bpl541 Жыл бұрын

That’s very interesting. Thankyou🙏

@willem1113 Жыл бұрын

Fellow Tasmanian?

@jaif7327 Жыл бұрын

god bless your great grandmother

@bacicinvatteneaca 11 ай бұрын

One of the few languages in the world that lacks both m and n does use m, but only as an alternative for another sound when you want to sound ancient

@onetrueslave 5 ай бұрын

This is precisely why I've yearned for a time machine. Thank you, Simon, this is gold.

@tanyamyrillas7552 20 күн бұрын

Fascinating ! You can actually imagine the characters talking and the scene they are describing ...excellent and beautifully read

@Marauder1981 3 жыл бұрын

Linguist here; you ARE a linguist.

@blllllllllllllllllllrlrlrl7059 3 жыл бұрын

Fuckin' Tremendous.

@lewishunt6133 3 жыл бұрын

Blue cheese with wings

@Laura-sg6ss 3 жыл бұрын

@@lewishunt6133 with wingsss🤣🤣🤣 what does this meannn

@lewishunt6133 3 жыл бұрын

@@Laura-sg6ss type in Joey Diaz blue cheese

@Laura-sg6ss 3 жыл бұрын

@@lewishunt6133 eheheh okayyy

@_agent47_ 2 жыл бұрын

To me as a german, the older ones really do sound a bit closer to our language. Even sounds a little dutch from time to time. Super interesting.

@jemand7488 Жыл бұрын

Dutch has always sounded like the bridge between English and german to me

@joeynyesss1286 Жыл бұрын

That’s because old English’s closest relation is Frisian which is a Germanic lanagauge. I’m from England but speak some German and it was my first thought also. It has a German flow to it if that makes sense.

@jorex6816 Жыл бұрын

Ja, klingt wirklich sehr stark nach Plattdeutsch

@burn5011 Жыл бұрын

English is a Germanic language

@Yow531 Жыл бұрын

True, the oldest ones sound Dutch

@helenandhercoffee 5 ай бұрын

Amazing! I didn't expect I'll listen through the whole thing and enjoy it so much !!!!

@mtinkerton Ай бұрын

This video just popped up on my page and thought id have a wee nosy. Im so glad I did. I have no idea what any of the notes were about, but found the recordings really interesting. Thank you fir sharing this

@eurowestgirl Жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how the standard American accent has a lot more in common with the 1706 accent than any other.

@iceomistar4302 Жыл бұрын

Makes sense, Colonial America was settled in this time, Londoners still spoke with a post vocalic /r/ and the great vowel shift was still taking place so the vowels show more phonemic contrasts than let's say the modern London accents.

@frost1183 Жыл бұрын

It’s so crazy it’s awesome once I heard the old accents of the 1700s I was like. WHAT? That sounds like my grandparents here in America! This is why I’ve heard that American and Irish English sounds like original English.

@danielavelar4109 Жыл бұрын

I believe they were the same but after the Industrial Revolution, there were a small amount of rich folks who wanted to distinguish themselves. They ended up emphasizing their accents in order to distinguish themselves from “commoners”

@thomsboys77 Жыл бұрын

@@frost1183It still isn’t “original English”. There are many regional English accents that predate the discovery of America

@MikehMike01 Жыл бұрын

1766 sounds significantly more American but neither sounds American

@Notemug 3 жыл бұрын

As a professional linguist I can vouchsafe that Simon is using reliable sources, is a discernible reader, but also has an undeniable talent for accent work. In short, I recommend his clips to my students and also delight in them myself.

@onur4739 2 жыл бұрын

You're not a professional linguist.

@Notemug 2 жыл бұрын

@@onur4739 I can assure you that I am.

@alrightalright4585 Жыл бұрын

Why is every comment the same dudes talking smack? 🤣 just chill guys

@TheLunnyBear Жыл бұрын

@@Notemug you're not

@surfinairwaves9284 8 ай бұрын

It’s astonishing to me the story you tell at 1706.. my grandfather was mayor of London.. 1666 I’m his direct descendant. What’s wild to me is hearing this and gathering all details for the experience lol very well done

@surfinairwaves9284 3 ай бұрын

@@DM-ur8vc do you presume im older? Why do you ask lol

@surfinairwaves9284 3 ай бұрын

@@DM-ur8vc you do realize you have a grandfather from 1666 as well right? You have parents and they all had parents all the way since the beginning of time to Adam and Eve..

@surfinairwaves9284 3 ай бұрын

@@DM-ur8vc of course.. however saying that many greats is a waist of finger movements when it’s common sense… however if your a special case I may make an exception with a cookie

@mbbsboi7248 2 ай бұрын

@@surfinairwaves9284 correct term is ancestor, that ain’t your grandfather bro

@surfinairwaves9284 2 ай бұрын

@@mbbsboi7248 he was my 9th great grandfather even as it says on my tree. Even though you don’t meet them they are still your great grandfather.

@Hernal03 Ай бұрын

Now I know that if I ever get a chance via H.G. Wells most famous invention to go back to London's past, that I should definitely not make it any earlier than 1706.

@alanhyt79 3 жыл бұрын

Actors in period films can be more precise by research like this.

@arkle519 3 жыл бұрын

If you're interested, a TV series named John Adams is set during early parts of American history and it does a good job of recreating accents from those times.

@georgie3593 3 жыл бұрын

They have no excuse when info like this is free on the internet lol

@banjopink4409 3 жыл бұрын

'Incomprehensible', you mean.

@tarawhittington5686 3 жыл бұрын

@@banjopink4409 I have to agree with Banjo Pink on this. I have no knowledge of linguistics. if I heard this, I'd not only fail to understand half of it but also think it was a butchered attempt at accents I better recognise. It sounds really inconsistent to me so I'd think the actor had done very little research and spliced together bits of everything

@geekygalaxy4307 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's like when you watch an English film set in France, for example. The actors are speaking English because the main audience will be able to understand it even though they should be speaking French. Same as if you have a film set in 1300s England, you're not really going to be able to understand it unless you're concentrating really hard

@TheSnyderWeb 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite thing about this (besides your voice) is how instead of just talking randomly you made it like a story- each man talking is supposed to be the grandson of the previous man talking. That was just a really cool thing to do.

@kaiabeatty9355 3 жыл бұрын

And then there's the one man reciting nursery rhymes lmao

@meganhartmann180 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaiabeatty9355 That's my favorite! I'm like, "Hey, I know this one!" Lol

@GargoyleBard 3 жыл бұрын

And then the next guy talks about how his grandfather would read books and poems to them...loved that detail

@kevinyoung42 3 жыл бұрын

Creative, interesting and entertaining 👍🏽

@TheRealShedLife 3 жыл бұрын

And they seem relevant to the times depicted - the worries or problems of folk in each era. And it sounds like I went back in time and am standing there, listening to some dude talk to me and in the early ones there was little to understand. The listener also thinks: what's this dude from the 14th century going to think when I start talking? Not to mention the time machine.

@EL-gu8fv 2 ай бұрын

As a Scot, i had no trouble at all understanding the 1306 and 1406 dialects. Hoose, aboot, etc, are common parlance where I come from. Also, when those Swedish crime shows are on tv,vi can sometimes hear whole sentences, 'braw' , 'wean' etc. Fascinating.

@Norvaal3 5 ай бұрын

Simon, you may be an amateur linguist in the sense of not having the coursework and credentials, but you're a very good amateur. You've proven what you can do with access to the university library, and it's amazing. I first saw this video the month you released it, and it's one that I have reviewed many times since then.

@FirstnameLastname-qe3ry 3 жыл бұрын

17th century: i shall nev'r give thee up, i shall nev'r let thee down! 21st century: *bo'ohw'o'wo'er*

@hagayuyu2941 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or did someone just Rick rolled me in 17th century England style

@carlosandleon 3 жыл бұрын

lmao took me a while to get the 21st century one

@smittywerbenjaegermanjense2350 3 жыл бұрын

@@carlosandleon I still can't get it🤣🤣

@carlosandleon 3 жыл бұрын

@@smittywerbenjaegermanjense2350 bottle of water

@urphakeandgey6308 2 жыл бұрын

It says "bo'll of wo'er," but all I see is "Boomhower." (I know it's "Boomhauer.")

@PrisonBrain Жыл бұрын

im an icelandic speaker and its really crazy how similar the 14th-17th century accents sound to what you can expect from alot of nordic languages

@andyc9902 Жыл бұрын

Crazy innit

@stephenfox6943 Жыл бұрын

I thought it sounds more dutch. Ya gett Mae bro

@sandravanderveek239 Жыл бұрын

I think when you go back a couple more centuries , Germanic languages all sounded the same

@eternity68 Жыл бұрын

Viking heritage, im swedish and heard it too

@Prince_Sharming Жыл бұрын

That's William the Conqueror for you.

@Mabellevie17 Ай бұрын

Very interesting! Thank you for including all the information in the timeline!

@redmoonvenus7327 5 ай бұрын

Wow that was instructive ! As a non-english--first-language person, I had to start by the 2006 accent and go backway, to understand what was talked about. But I am amazed at the amount of research that went into this ! Bravo.

@kishaheena 3 жыл бұрын

The older, the more it sounds Scandinavian, old'ish, mainly Swedish / Norwegian. Really interesting !

@hadeurmom5796 3 жыл бұрын

norse vikings would've been able to hold some simple conversations with the anglo saxons! so yes they were quite similar quite literally not just accent wise

@englishmaninmedellin7294 3 жыл бұрын

It sounded a bit Scottish/Irish to me, with the earlier speech around 1400-1600. Is that more similar to Scandinavian? Are scots and Irish easier to understand for you guys? Fascinating, if so.

@VICKY08TZ 3 жыл бұрын

I got the same feeling! And I am not Scandinavian nor English. I thought it sounded completely Swedish/Norwegian. You can finally hear the germanic origin of English language.

@AngelofSin666666 3 жыл бұрын

@@hadeurmom5796 Actually this is something I have been really wondering while watching these Vikings/Last Kingdom shows. Since the Saxons and Norse languages have a common root, is it known to what extent they were able to understand each other, and how long it would take a Saxon "captured by Vikings" to learn their language to some extent?

@hadeurmom5796 3 жыл бұрын

@@AngelofSin666666 they would’ve only really been able to just about understand. i wouldn’t say complex conversations would’ve been very common due to just cultural terms and words and pronunciation. saxons captured or even saxons living amongst vikings, which was common in a lot of places, would’ve slowly been able to understand each-other more and more accurately

@TexKimball 3 жыл бұрын

The 1766 accent sounds the most similar to the modern North American accent, which makes a lot of sense.

@paulryan94 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds nothing like the north American accent. What are you guys all on about.

@anglishbookcraft1516 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulryan94 I think you’re the one missing it, sounds just like American speech.

@nick15684 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulryan94 It sounds quite similar to a standard North American accent, a little different, no doubt, but by far the closest.

@willjackson6522 2 жыл бұрын

I think a funny thing to take from this is that the claim of many Americans knowing this information that they are speaking the “original English” is bullshit. The American-sounding era of British English was just that, a phase. Just as the German, Welsh and Scottish eras were. So they have just as much validity in saying they are speaking it correctly as Scottish people do. The British English accent never stops changing, the other English-speaking countries are essentially time capsules of what the then-British English accent sounded like.

@agitatorjr 2 жыл бұрын

@@willjackson6522 nice strawman. Who's saying original English?

@muttcrewmusic 9 күн бұрын

Your voice travels through the centuries showing remarkable knowledge and skill. And the anecdotes are right pleasurable, too. Well done, son. Now if you could give me back my time machine...

@TheMarilita7 5 ай бұрын

What a amazing video, I am impressed by your research, well done! Bravo! As a South European that lived in London for years, I am mesmerized by the really "harsh" but super cool sounds of english, especially 1406 - 1646!

@spike1927 Жыл бұрын

I'm hearing massive Welsh / Cymraeg / Celtic / Gaelic / Scottish in the earliest two sections. Absolutely incredible research and application. Well done Sir!

@Unicorn-zb1mu Жыл бұрын

I hear my Scottish accent 😮

@AngryBulldogg Жыл бұрын

I was getting Scottish and Geordie, with a Welsh twang on the end of words

@ieuancilgwri3230 Жыл бұрын

Sounds germanic / north east to me - not welsh at all

@I_Kan Жыл бұрын

I hear Welsh a slight Plymouth accent too

@Joolzratbag Жыл бұрын

I heard Irish in the first one

@mimidoggo7167 Жыл бұрын

the way my grandmother sounded basically the exact same as 1946 has me deep in my feels

@alfredestrada2729 Жыл бұрын

You remember a voice from 1946? 😳

@redadamearth Жыл бұрын

@@alfredestrada2729 If you want to know how people sounded in England in 1946, just watch a British movie made in '46.

@alfredestrada2729 Жыл бұрын

@@redadamearth I know invisible man 1933

@irishcountrygirl78 Жыл бұрын

@@redadamearth or news report .

@brucetucker4847 Жыл бұрын

@@irishcountrygirl78 News reports would be RP, wouldn't they?

@Cogitoergosum10 7 ай бұрын

A Christmas classic, watch this every year with my family

@lizbecker1677 7 ай бұрын

This was fun. Aside from listening to the accents, which was really fascinating, I liked hearing the stories from Christmases long, long ago!

@richardfinlayson1524 3 жыл бұрын

The early ones sound Dutch, you can hear the similarity with Germanic languages

@ainsleygritter7552 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I heard the same thing!

@Likes_Trains 3 жыл бұрын

sounds more Frisian than Dutch :)

@JudgeJulieLit 3 жыл бұрын

Anglo Saxon, Old English, was a Germanic language.

@merlin2627 3 жыл бұрын

@@Likes_Trains totally right, English is part of the Anglo-Frisian branch, so English is nearer to Frisian than Dutch.

@lil_weasel219 3 жыл бұрын

ot is a germanic language

@neccodealer Жыл бұрын

It is so incredibly interesting how groups that immigrated out of England somewhat bookmarked the London accent of the time they left

@penderyn8794 Жыл бұрын

Not all migrants from Britain came from London though

@rastaisfuture8630 8 ай бұрын

Also slave plantion descendants everywhere. Like the carribean, simetimes a mix of 1600 english and some african tongue. Lool into Patois in Jamaica for example

@TheOmniCuriousCanvas 8 ай бұрын

They came from all over the lower part of England, but mostly the middle and east of England/

@Jurassic_Fart 7 ай бұрын

Yeah like Australians and South Africans

@adenwellsmith6908 6 ай бұрын

I think that's correct. What also is interesting is you could very easily transition from 21st century, to 1350's English. Some word changes, but understandable. Grandsire - Grandson. Other's are purely accent but the grammar is there.

@rominiyi1385 6 ай бұрын

I started to very gradually understand what was being said from 1466 up until 1586 where I could understand a significant amount. After that I could understand most of it up until 1706 from where I could understand everything being said from there on in ... so the time leading immediately up to 1706 is the most important for me personally in the context of this historical video clip. Well done for making this!

@dr.zespert Ай бұрын

i loved this!! the idea of grandfathers passing down stories to their grandsons, then hearing those grandsons passing down their stories, beautiful.

@HAYDS510 3 жыл бұрын

note to self... don't set the time machine any earlier than the 1600's, or you will not understand jack shit.

@user-no9im9px6e 3 жыл бұрын

This is what i always think... will i be able to speak to english (or dutch) people if i go far back in time XP

@glenamw 3 жыл бұрын

LOL, omg, you are too funny

@conciseenglish7486 3 жыл бұрын

The trick is to just try to think of written English completely phonetically. For example, they used to pronounce "said" like "sah-eed" instead of "sed"

@Why_did_YouTube_add_handles 3 жыл бұрын

@@conciseenglish7486 ur actually smart ngl

@InfernosReaper 3 жыл бұрын

I could get the hang of it, but for awhile, I'd be a might bit sodded...

@clayton7463 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like the earlier accents are what English would sound like if I didn’t know it

@bigfenix8272 3 жыл бұрын

I can pick out words and generally follow what's going on, but, it feels like I am on the "beginner conversation" bit of the language

@465marko 3 жыл бұрын

It's llike 'name one thing in this picture' - it sounds right, but I can't pick out any words

@paigerasmussen5212 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from DC. The earlier ones are what a guy whom I knew in college up North sounded like when drunk (to ME, minus the trilled Rs and sing-songyness). A lot of kids would let their hyper-local accents out when drunk; he'd spent his summers working on the docks somewhere in Maine. There were other Northern kids who had no problem understanding what he said but I felt like I was just barely making out that it was English he was speaking vs. a Norwegian tongue. So while I was blown away by how similar the 1806 clip sounds to what I and most of the US speaks, it's those very early ones that represent whatever is going on in our more cloistered areas -- and we have a few.

@therainbowwillow4453 7 ай бұрын

This was an incredible watch! I’ve been reading through Shakespeare’s histories lately and it’s fascinating to think that not only did his actors speak quite differently from how we do today, but the figures he was writing about would’ve spoken completely differently from him and his actors! I wish I could live a couple hundred years to see where English ends up going in the future!

@dougmartin893 Ай бұрын

Amazingly well done. Fascinating. More, please!

@TMcB23 3 жыл бұрын

I’m really confused how the London accent wavered around a Germanic-Celtic accent for 400 years and then, in the space of 50 years in the Victorian period, went from that to a recognisable east end accent!!

@RazorEdge2006 3 жыл бұрын

Industrial Revolution

@KHANSTER1029 3 жыл бұрын

Yup industrial revolution. To clarify it further, when the industrial revolution happened, people from many different cities with varying accents travelled to find work in big industrial cities like London and I think Birmingham. This intermingling of accents and speech styles rapidly changed the way the standard London accent was

@mariekatherine5238 3 жыл бұрын

Most likely globalization caused by the Industrial Revolution. We’re still on this trajectory with the internet. Worldwide and regional accents are disappearing.

@riotgrrrrl167 3 жыл бұрын

They started taking with Americans lol But tourists change accents do to pronunciation immigrants is really what im looking for.

@carlosandleon 3 жыл бұрын

@@mariekatherine5238 standard "american" is the accent most international students default to kinda

@raychumon 3 жыл бұрын

Can I just say, not only is this a brilliant way to show the evolution of a language, but such a difficult concept to pull off? I can hardly imitate an Australian accent even with the ability to listen to clips of Australians speaking as much as I want. To do this with just study and books? To move through time with your speech and be able to do so consistently enough to tell a unique story in each pronunciation? That's some crazy impressive stuff right there, mate. Kudos!

@simonroper9218 3 жыл бұрын

I'll definitely have made some mistakes, but thank you! :)

@glakshay2475 3 жыл бұрын

@@simonroper9218 that is some serious modesty level Simon.

@alickroberts5194 3 жыл бұрын

@@glakshay2475 well it is slighly easier to imitate an accent when no one actually currently uses it and can gainsay your guess.

@iwontlikeyourcomment5487 2 жыл бұрын

I’m Australian and even I can’t intimidate the one of those stereotypical Australian accents

@Ublivion01 2 жыл бұрын

@@iwontlikeyourcomment5487 well when I try to sound Australian I make my voice more nasally and less deep alongside the accent itself. Maybe try to deepen your voice a bit not too much and open your mouth more roundly instead of horizontally, but nothing extremely noticeable. This may not work at all, but I’m an American so I have no idea how I make my accent.

@Wingfeatherfan 7 ай бұрын

I was born and raised on the Cumberland plateau in the US. Am amazed at being able to understand most of this, even the earlier passages. In fact some of the diphthongs and even fill expressions remind me of how old folks in the hills and hollows used to talk when I was a child.

@scottnyc6572 7 ай бұрын

You’re right about the geographical location and where people settled.Seems the dialects in certain areas of the country can still be heard.Its amazing insight.

@abdulhamidtomal5204 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing work. Loved it!!

@monalisa3549 3 жыл бұрын

This video is gonna hit millions and will be recommended five years later out of the blue.

@trentyang6853 3 жыл бұрын

Very optimistic the world will still have humans in 5 years.

@triumphant5345 3 жыл бұрын

💯🤣

@patrickbasin9389 3 жыл бұрын

See yall in 5 years.

@EASTERBUNNY7772 3 жыл бұрын

This video is gonna hit millions and will be recommended five years later out of the blue.

@aliisaza5060 3 жыл бұрын

Kkkkk

@danielasanchez4674 3 жыл бұрын

I have a linguistics degree, but I'm not doing the work this man is doing. HE IS A TRUE LINGUIST

@sylamy7457 3 жыл бұрын

Did you get the degree because you actually enjoy linguistics? Just wondering

@danielasanchez4674 3 жыл бұрын

@@sylamy7457 yeah, I spend my free time learning about languages so linguistics was what I chose lol. You dont have to get a career based on your degree though lol

@jessicaeasterlyfriel5699 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I have a degree in lit/linguistics and I'm not doing this work.

@djSmokeShow 5 ай бұрын

I've never seen a presentation like this before, very interesting.

@PC1974 26 күн бұрын

One of the most interesting, informative videos on KZfaq.

@kalinystazvoruna8702 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed at the disclaimer that said, "these are reconstructions and not actual recordings from the time." Anyone who thinks there are actual recordings of 14th Century people speaking English have been watching too much Doctor Who!

@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 3 жыл бұрын

Kalinysta Zvoruna those are the same people who’ll spend lots of money on an “ancient” coin dated 56 BC.

@kalinystazvoruna8702 3 жыл бұрын

@@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 Yep. Although a former boss of mine had gone to Jerusalem and came back with a "present" for me. It was a piece of pottery he said dated to the Roman era. He said he just picked it up off the ground as stuff like that was just lying around. Don't know if it's real or not, but I still have it. Reminded me of a Mayan friend I had who told me that in her ancestral homeland, which she occasionally visited to see relatives, they'd find Mayan artefacts lying around their backyard. ::shrugs::

@thisisme2681 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@ayla5930 3 жыл бұрын

@@kalinystazvoruna8702 don’t know about the people you know but there are places that just have artifacts lying around in fact there’s places like that to this day out west in the desert and in some of the National parks although if you were to remove anything I’m sure you’d be given an extremely large fine

@kalinystazvoruna8702 3 жыл бұрын

@@ayla5930 Wouldn't be surprised in the least. I met my Mayan friend back in the 1970s and, as I said, when she went back to her ancestral home, she'd find these artefacts in the backyard. Unfortunately, I lost touch with her in the late 1970s.

@sonnyk8761 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe you had to use a disclaimer when talking about accents from the 14 century.

@adambrown3918 3 жыл бұрын

Well, you never know if some immortals like Dracula or Duncan MacLeod might come across the video and get offended. LOL! 🤣

@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat 3 жыл бұрын

😂 Yes I was bamboozled by the need for a disclaimer too!

@Biporian 3 жыл бұрын

@@jupitorious7925 it’s English though?

@jupitorious7925 3 жыл бұрын

@@Biporian they speak English

@skatergirlskatergirl2486 3 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't believe how many people watch Mrs Crocombe's Victorian cookery videos on the English Heritage channel and say they had no idea there was television in the 1880s.

@eadlondon-nm2uy Ай бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you.

@dripdrop9787 2 ай бұрын

I’m not mocking, I didn’t search this, I didn’t want this. Yet I’m staying and subscribed ❤😂

@lavinia1554 3 жыл бұрын

21st century: u fookin wot m8??

@cyanscrewdriver2092 3 жыл бұрын

“Oi bruv wot u sayin”

@acutetriangle8923 3 жыл бұрын

@verb8m HAHAHAHAHAHHA SO FUCKING FUNNY LOL YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS 😐

@brian.8712 3 жыл бұрын

@@acutetriangle8923 ahlie

@tiaan8551 3 жыл бұрын

@@acutetriangle8923 ware droe knot jy

@travelbugse2829 3 жыл бұрын

@@acutetriangle8923 This is all Greek to me.

@MykaDiMatzio 3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure some of the Scottish highlands still speak in 1406

@liamhemmings9039 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of accents from around Thurso and Wick.

@tomimpala 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds more Welsh but

@hiimpaul5171 3 жыл бұрын

@@tomimpala Google global truth project and read "the Present" to see the truth about life/death. Nothing is more important than checking it is true, especially pgs 1-4

@charmedprince 3 жыл бұрын

Looking For Love your profile pic is everything!

@denierdev9723 3 жыл бұрын

@@hiimpaul5171 The fuck does that have to do with anything?

@quaternion73 2 ай бұрын

This is fantastic to listen to. I’m amazed that I can understand almost everything

@hyltonla 5 ай бұрын

I loved this video!!! My ancestors were from Denchworth, England in the 1400’s. I could picture them speaking these dialects. Thank you from America.

@aubynfresh9434 3 жыл бұрын

The fact you had to clarify to some people that they weren't actual recordings from the Anglo-Saxon times had me dying! WOW! (Love your videos!)

@yanet_052 3 жыл бұрын

I’m always fascinated by how clueless people can be 😂 it would’ve been nice to have an original Grendel audiobook though

@RichardDCook 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed out loud! It reminds me of the US High School history teacher who had a student who asked one day "when did the world start being in colour?" "What do you mean?" "You know, look at all the old movies and photographs, there's no colour." The teacher didn't know what to say, but I wouldn't have hesitated with an answer: "1939. You can see it in the film Wizard Of Oz! Halfway through filming the world became in colour."

@johnalden5821 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, all the original Anglo-Saxon recordings were lost decades ago.

@johnjohntv1195 3 жыл бұрын

@@RichardDCook wtf 😳🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

@sool-varley9425 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@brianmessemer2973 3 жыл бұрын

You may not have degrees or professional qualifications in linguists but you're DOING THE WORK, SIR. I sincerely hope that professional linguists take delight in your enthusiastic and quite scholarly, if technically amateur, contributions to society's understanding of the field. Viewers with no notion of linguistics whatsoever will stumble on your videos, become intrigued, and some percentage of those people may actually get into linguistics professionally. You're a great contributor to the field of study in that way. This is absolutely lovely. Bravo and Merry Christmas.

@jamiel6005 3 жыл бұрын

For someone who is in secondary school, and looking to get into (probably historical?) linguistics, what would be beneficial to study/what paths can I take? Sorry if it’s a hard question, I just have absolutely no idea how to go into linguistics professionally.

@swevixeh 3 жыл бұрын

"People ask not what you know but what you have studied" -Some famous ethnic German statesman

@joewood487 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiel6005 I have no idea but the best place to start if you don't get a reply on here would be to look at a few different linguistics degrees and see what entry requirements they have. Also don't be shy to phone up a university linguistics department and just ask them. Ask to speak to the course head. You'll find many of them are friendly people very happy to talk about their course. Sorry I couldn't be more useful! Good luck!

@AngelEarth2011 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiel6005 You might consider starting with a degree in literature, or history (or a joint degree in literature and history), with your final dissertation focusing on historical linguistics in relation to some historical period or literature of a historical period. After that, you could do a Masters degree in linguistics, if possible one that has historical linguistics as a key component, and ending in a thesis that focuses on historical linguistics. And if you want to pursue an academic career, or simply want the intellectual challenge, you could commit 3-4 years to doing a PhD.

@Matty002 3 жыл бұрын

i wish there was more citizen science in the field of linguistics. the only one that comes to mind is the fourth floor stuff with labov but that of course doesnt technically count