[PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION] Interview with an Anglo-Saxon in Old English

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Simon Roper

Simon Roper

5 жыл бұрын

DISCLAIMER: This obviously isn't an actual Anglo-Saxon, it's me in a sheet.
RETROACTIVE DISCLAIMER - The Old English in this video comes from a time when I was much more interested in modern and recent dialectology, and is full of grammatical errors (and a number of pronunciation errors, as well). This should absolutely not be used as a reference text for somebody wishing to learn Old English; its main value now is in showing how different Old English is from Modern English, and in presenting an ancient language in a conversational context. My more recent videos are more focused on phonology (which I can talk confidently about) and contain fewer errors when I do use grammatical constructions, although there will certainly still be some dotted about. I'm in the process of making a short film in Old English which I hope to check with somebody else so that the speech is both natural and period-accurate.
Original Description
A fun little thing to show reconstructed pronunciation of Old English in a casual setting. I've tried to throw in a few natural abbreviations (for example 'c rather than ic), but I know I missed the mark on one or two of the diphthongs. Either way, hopefully this gives some idea as to how the language sounded in casual speech. Message or comment if you'd like any clarifications, want to correct me on anything, or if you're just interested in the topic and would like to know more!
I didn't have any decent Anglo-Saxon clothing and, rather than cobble together something inaccurate, I just chucked on a linen sheet to hide my modern shirt. An actual Anglo-Saxon would be wearing something more like the reenactors shown in a couple of the other clips; a man would usually wear a tunic with a belt, although styles would vary massively from decade to decade and from place to place.

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@nataliewn
@nataliewn 4 жыл бұрын
Teacher: the listening test isn't hard! The listening test:
@folklorelover13
@folklorelover13 4 жыл бұрын
Natalie Ngonela 😂😂
@mertfurkansezgin6506
@mertfurkansezgin6506 4 жыл бұрын
Omg. It's reall😂
@curumin1592
@curumin1592 4 жыл бұрын
Hahah noice
@trinityefev4473
@trinityefev4473 4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahah fockin right
@CottonCandyNationYT
@CottonCandyNationYT 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm being dumb but what is a listening test?
@amarat.
@amarat. 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a danish guy who got drunk, moved to Germany, had a stroke, and then forgot danish, went to college in Scotland, than relearned danish, then he put on a sheet and went in a time machine
@jessicawang6558
@jessicawang6558 3 жыл бұрын
As an American, I’m a bit concerned of your timeline of getting drunk before going to college in Scotland
@amarat.
@amarat. 3 жыл бұрын
Jessica Wang naturally you’ll get drunk in Scotland. That’s a given
@anhlenhat5135
@anhlenhat5135 3 жыл бұрын
ADFGHJLLGSADHKLG
@amarat.
@amarat. 3 жыл бұрын
Anh Lê Nhật whæt
@berguaFuture
@berguaFuture 3 жыл бұрын
It does sound like that! Greetings from Denmark :)
@charlieackla2945
@charlieackla2945 3 жыл бұрын
My brain: *Is this English?* Me: *yesn't*
@UstashaMe84
@UstashaMe84 2 жыл бұрын
This comment is Gold! 🤣
@christopherjoppy8502
@christopherjoppy8502 3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@augustjschroeder
@augustjschroeder 2 жыл бұрын
Lol I love how he's just like "I have 100 sheep, some cattle, what else... Oh yeah a wife, too!"
@maxpulido4268
@maxpulido4268 2 жыл бұрын
Don't tell er a forgot again
@BronzeTheSling
@BronzeTheSling 2 жыл бұрын
I love him! Protect him forever.
@MarcoNegrisEye
@MarcoNegrisEye Жыл бұрын
Priorities 😉
@charleswhite758
@charleswhite758 Жыл бұрын
100 sheep he'd be the equivalent of a millionaire back in the day. Probably 5 was a lot.
@hefeibao
@hefeibao 5 ай бұрын
This is the best comment - needs to be pinned!
@sharpshooter012345
@sharpshooter012345 3 жыл бұрын
This is what the doctor's hand writing sounds like.
@ToolforOffice
@ToolforOffice 3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@ToastGreeting
@ToastGreeting 3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit bro you posted this from 40 years ago
@user-mp3eh1vb9w
@user-mp3eh1vb9w 3 жыл бұрын
40 years ago? Damn I feel so old.
@DreginyReacts
@DreginyReacts 3 жыл бұрын
Clever name
@somebody1241
@somebody1241 3 жыл бұрын
I think same in every country
@pac-ice-tan806
@pac-ice-tan806 3 жыл бұрын
Microsoft Windows: select Language English (UK) English (US) English (Anglo Saxon) ✔️
@Hels_Angels
@Hels_Angels 3 жыл бұрын
🤣💖👍👍👍
@jakoda2514
@jakoda2514 3 жыл бұрын
Why does that option even exist lmao
@williaml.willowfield2220
@williaml.willowfield2220 3 жыл бұрын
Ænglisch*
@pac-ice-tan806
@pac-ice-tan806 3 жыл бұрын
@@williaml.willowfield2220 LOL😝
@bleedingmasque.6193
@bleedingmasque.6193 3 жыл бұрын
@@Catsrcool006 Aye.
@Gabriel-sr1ld
@Gabriel-sr1ld 3 жыл бұрын
DISCLAIMER: This obviously isn't an actual Anglo-Saxon, it's me in a sheet.
@ETB3341
@ETB3341 3 жыл бұрын
But your name's Gabriel, not Baldric!
@skyler1887
@skyler1887 2 жыл бұрын
@@ETB3341 read the video description
@ETB3341
@ETB3341 2 жыл бұрын
​@@skyler1887 I know thats what the description says lol.
@zojo1498
@zojo1498 3 жыл бұрын
This is the best impresonation of a documentary i have ever seen.
@teenyweenykiwi
@teenyweenykiwi 4 жыл бұрын
That moment when you need to translate English into English.
@aidy6000
@aidy6000 4 жыл бұрын
A lot of British Dialects are like that.
@connorpusey5912
@connorpusey5912 4 жыл бұрын
Old English wasn’t really what we would call English these days. It was more like a precursor to it. It was like a language that evolved _into_ what we know as English.
@barnabyaprobert5159
@barnabyaprobert5159 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this is about as easy to understand as a deep Southern accent in the USA.
@australian1018
@australian1018 4 жыл бұрын
@@connorpusey5912 Then what about English in a 1000 years, that wil have changed and still be English.
@captain-chair
@captain-chair 4 жыл бұрын
@@connorpusey5912 Like American English...
@XumolsTV
@XumolsTV 3 жыл бұрын
It actually sounds like English back in the days when I didn't know English
@ZnenTitan
@ZnenTitan 3 жыл бұрын
Back when I was a kid (At the dawn of time) I found myself in the odd position of hearing my family talk without being able to understand just what they were saying, and I swear it sounded for all the world like Dutch or something. And I said to myself "this is what it must be like to hear but not speak English."
@Anonimus693
@Anonimus693 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly =)
@bambilove1897
@bambilove1897 3 жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@paulmarin6380
@paulmarin6380 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@raixuh
@raixuh 3 жыл бұрын
Had the same feeling 😂
@themax2571
@themax2571 2 жыл бұрын
I'm Flemish (northern part of Belgium) and my dialect sounds very much the same as old English, I can understand quite a lot of it. Before the French influence (1066 French invasion) English sounded very differently, more Germanic. I can easily understand old English, especially when I see it in written.
@deathonion404
@deathonion404 2 жыл бұрын
French didn't really affect English grammar and pronunciation apart from vocabulary and a few things like counting
@DieterRahm1845
@DieterRahm1845 2 жыл бұрын
@@deathonion404 I'm sure you're ricgt about the grammar thing, but it changed from the middle ages till now losing a lot of Germanic caractheristics and becoming much easier and simplier than it was before.
@deathonion404
@deathonion404 2 жыл бұрын
@@DieterRahm1845 yep, I agree
@gorkzop
@gorkzop 2 жыл бұрын
The (true) Flemish had much contact and trade with the English. The people from Brabant (east of the Schelde/Antwerpen/Brussels) ironically also sound much different since linguistical they don't speak Flemish but brabantic and have more in common with people in north-brabants as compared to west-flanders
@oliveranderson7264
@oliveranderson7264 2 жыл бұрын
@@gorkzop I don’t know about “true” Flemish but my father speaks a West Flemish dialect which is spoken on the coastal areas of Belgium and you’re correct in saying that the language spoken there has a lot of similarities with English because of loanwords and similar phonological developments. In comparison, Brabantian dialects spoken in Southern Flanders have had a lot more influence from French
@priceyblackwinter2338
@priceyblackwinter2338 3 жыл бұрын
“My name is Baldric” *Blackadder has entered the chat*
@sweetnesslight5656
@sweetnesslight5656 3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@deansley174
@deansley174 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
@genericusername4206
@genericusername4206 3 жыл бұрын
i
@katewolfspirit6722
@katewolfspirit6722 3 жыл бұрын
@Bronze Spectre I see what you did there. I won't be a grammar nazi and correct your spelling. I met Tony Robinson once and wanted to chat but I just chickened out and got his autograph instead. I'm such an introverted dick ha ha!
@GanjaMasterBlaster
@GanjaMasterBlaster 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@samedman1
@samedman1 4 жыл бұрын
Fluent in Dutch here. Sounds like a dutchman who had a stroke.
@Syndixal
@Syndixal 4 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was German, And she said Dutch is just a German who had a stroke 😂😂
@buttnuttz6119
@buttnuttz6119 4 жыл бұрын
samed halafi if old English is a mixture of English and Danish, that means we should call it Danglish
@Syndixal
@Syndixal 4 жыл бұрын
Buttnuttz as an Irish person it sounds a bit of Irish/gaelic as well
@Syndixal
@Syndixal 4 жыл бұрын
nickxxv 😂😂😂
@athelstandukeofdunham4843
@athelstandukeofdunham4843 4 жыл бұрын
@nickxxv 😂😂😂😂
@joaogomes9405
@joaogomes9405 4 жыл бұрын
"Can you speak any new english at all?" "Nhyeawuh"
@Schwarzorn
@Schwarzorn 4 жыл бұрын
Uhh...... I don’t think that’s how you spell *né*
@joaogomes9405
@joaogomes9405 4 жыл бұрын
@@Schwarzorn The next thing I'm about to tell you may come as a surprise, but there's these things called jokes. And one type of these joke things is hyperbole. And this is one of those.
@Schwarzorn
@Schwarzorn 4 жыл бұрын
Beepus McBumpus Well, that’s a pretty bad joke. An exaggeration of something funny to make it funnier, I get. But it wasn’t funny to begin with, and one can only exaggerate to a certain extent before it stops making sense and the connection is lost.
@Schwarzorn
@Schwarzorn 4 жыл бұрын
Beepus McBumpus Well, that’s a pretty bad joke. An exaggeration of something funny to make it funnier, I get. But it wasn’t funny to begin with, and one can only exaggerate to a certain extent before it stops making sense and the connection is lost.
@joaogomes9405
@joaogomes9405 4 жыл бұрын
@@Schwarzorn Wow, such an interesting point you felt the need to post it twice for added emphasis. Humour is subjective, I'm glad you didn't like my joke and felt compelled to explain why you think it's not a good joke. 223 other people seemed to like it though, so that's nice.
@djcarlos687
@djcarlos687 3 жыл бұрын
Old English is a really beautiful language, I would like it to be revived ... And this whole simon seems to me to be a pretty cool guy!
@strange4107
@strange4107 2 жыл бұрын
Learn Dutch! It's closest to the old germanic languages. Maybe even danish...
@vhgiv
@vhgiv 2 жыл бұрын
Yeap learning German helps too
@mokkaveli
@mokkaveli Жыл бұрын
@@strange4107 as a native English speaker there is a lot of Dutch words that I can understand. Most Dutch I feel like I should be able to understand, but it’s as if I’ve just had a stroke and get the sentiment but not the meaning
@mariotoro6927
@mariotoro6927 Жыл бұрын
@@strange4107 even better, Icelandic
@ms_minna
@ms_minna 2 жыл бұрын
It’s so interesting how old English has many words from Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and some Icelandic sounding words too. I can understand roughly about 70% of this tbh. 👍🏼
@leod-sigefast
@leod-sigefast 7 ай бұрын
It had no words from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. They are modern languages. Old English was almost 100% Old English
@BETOETE
@BETOETE 2 ай бұрын
mourn for the Anglo Saxon tongue (not "language"), what we are speaking right now is mostly french with a layer of ?Germanic words.
@gametmane1093
@gametmane1093 Ай бұрын
Yeah, the Danes invaded England and estalblished control in a part of England of what is known as the Danelaw.
@boris-fv751
@boris-fv751 4 жыл бұрын
"not an actual anglo-saxon, it's me in a sheet" best description
@mal_3157
@mal_3157 7 ай бұрын
To be fair I wouldn’t be surprised if Simon was an actual Anglo-Saxon
@bradwooldidge6979
@bradwooldidge6979 4 жыл бұрын
I feel that I should be able to understand him, but I can’t.
@katiefly5901
@katiefly5901 4 жыл бұрын
YES. THANK YOU.
@kaziu312
@kaziu312 4 жыл бұрын
Well, he's a farmer with 100 sheep.
@gford8551
@gford8551 4 жыл бұрын
@@kaziu312 zoom....right over their heads
@NJtheawesome
@NJtheawesome 4 жыл бұрын
You probably need to know German and combine it with English
@ernestpetu5691
@ernestpetu5691 4 жыл бұрын
@SomeRandomGuy that really makes sense
@kamalindsey
@kamalindsey Жыл бұрын
The number of people who thought this was a real story, that there was a forgotten community of medieval peasants in modern-day England who have preserved Anglo-Saxon culture and live like the English Amish, is kind of funny to me.
@clubdeipensieri6572
@clubdeipensieri6572 9 ай бұрын
Honestly, I did wonder for a long minute if this was real.
@xorpe7172
@xorpe7172 9 ай бұрын
Who were those people . I would like to have a word with them .
@lindaross783
@lindaross783 9 ай бұрын
Imagination
@toomaskarmo9435
@toomaskarmo9435 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best things on KZfaq: creative, instructive, sensitive. Please don't stop. Ic þancie þē, þæt is gōd. - (signed) Toomas Karmo, in Nõo Rural Municipality, Estonia
@reoreborn1209
@reoreborn1209 4 жыл бұрын
"DISCLAIMER: This obviously isn't an actual Anglo-Saxon, it's me in a sheet. " Best video disclaimer ever lmao
@blkgardner
@blkgardner 4 жыл бұрын
Did snopes confirm that, though?
@m.williams2619
@m.williams2619 4 жыл бұрын
No kidding, thank you for alerting me to this gem.
@adeptshadowprice394
@adeptshadowprice394 4 жыл бұрын
Ay I got tha 999 likes to 1k
@nspector
@nspector 4 жыл бұрын
Really.
@manuelminch7184
@manuelminch7184 4 жыл бұрын
Fuck I was high and I thought these ppl still live in remote parts of England or some shit
@50shekels
@50shekels 4 жыл бұрын
Danish person here: This sounds like someone trying to speak Danish but are doing so underwater
@leoaraujo8590
@leoaraujo8590 4 жыл бұрын
wait isnt danish the one that sounds that it's being spoken underwater?
@50shekels
@50shekels 4 жыл бұрын
Leo Araujo you got the whole squad laughing
@leoaraujo8590
@leoaraujo8590 4 жыл бұрын
no problem mate, I know my sense of humour is fucked because I decided to learn Norwegian instead of Danish.
@williamnexo12
@williamnexo12 4 жыл бұрын
@@leoaraujo8590 yeah, you gotta start with the basics
@leoaraujo8590
@leoaraujo8590 4 жыл бұрын
@@williamnexo12 Sorry if I'm not into saying "2,5*20" just to say "50", i rather stick with "femti"
@levi4979
@levi4979 3 жыл бұрын
As a Dutchman I recognise more of what he's saying from my Dutch experience than my English experience.
@cosmosheep4306
@cosmosheep4306 2 жыл бұрын
For those who are searching for the lyrics of the song at 2:43 Wōden hēng from æsce trēow, Fugol sæt on sticca bufan, Drypte from þæs fugles mūþ, Þā word ‘ic secge simle sōþ.'
@Mirandajanewyatt
@Mirandajanewyatt 2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@kkuwura
@kkuwura 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Didn’t know how to search for it on google
@XneverstopfightingX
@XneverstopfightingX 4 жыл бұрын
This has the same energy as that “what English sound like to non English speakers” video.
@darpanpatel8023
@darpanpatel8023 4 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@zefanyalt5944
@zefanyalt5944 4 жыл бұрын
TRUE
@michaelmartin9022
@michaelmartin9022 4 жыл бұрын
What British English sounds like to people learning English from some CD that's in slowly spoken US "RP".
@drinkwater247
@drinkwater247 4 жыл бұрын
i think its some other european country
@AS-mw6pw
@AS-mw6pw 4 жыл бұрын
XneverstopfightingX probably what Scottish sounds like to non-English speakers
@benbennit
@benbennit 4 жыл бұрын
Post brexit we will all start speaking like this.
@demonikreaper6139
@demonikreaper6139 4 жыл бұрын
Immediately. The moment it happens. The moment the bill passes. 😂
@DameOfDiamonds
@DameOfDiamonds 4 жыл бұрын
Fuck yes, i wanna fucking speak like that
@FlorianHuberFH
@FlorianHuberFH 4 жыл бұрын
then you will speak more close to german
@Born1e
@Born1e 4 жыл бұрын
I'm down
@calvinstulip
@calvinstulip 4 жыл бұрын
That would be AWESOME.
@jessicamitchell2705
@jessicamitchell2705 3 жыл бұрын
I am THOROUGHLY enjoying your videos. I’ve always been interested in accents and the evolution of language. Thanks for what you do and please keep it up! 🙏
@playthroughcinema
@playthroughcinema 3 жыл бұрын
can any of my fellow englishmen tell me why we don't celebrate the saxons like the scots/irish/welsh celebrate the celts of old? I'm proud of our anglo ancestors they deserve way more representation. I guess in a way our language, english, is representation..? but the culture... we should celebrate it more.
@DarrenMalin
@DarrenMalin 3 жыл бұрын
because the SJW types try to makes us feel ashamed of our past.
@juch3
@juch3 3 жыл бұрын
Because your ancestors were like, "man our norman kings and queens sound so cool, meanwhile our germanic language sounds like throat diseases."
@johnfused8281
@johnfused8281 3 жыл бұрын
@@DarrenMalin And Christianity
@DarrenMalin
@DarrenMalin 3 жыл бұрын
@@johnfused8281 true
@benjaminsnowden8626
@benjaminsnowden8626 3 жыл бұрын
@@DarrenMalin Not because of SJWs, because of French influence.
@timothycook4782
@timothycook4782 4 жыл бұрын
Now this is what I call immersive journalism
@herrklamm1454
@herrklamm1454 4 жыл бұрын
True Gonzo
@mkuc6951
@mkuc6951 4 жыл бұрын
@@herrklamm1454 hahaha Gonzo time traveller journalism
@clippedwings225
@clippedwings225 3 жыл бұрын
He really does a good job acting like he's having a lot of trouble with Modern English pronunciation, even looking embarrassed.
@mariaminghi4297
@mariaminghi4297 3 жыл бұрын
it’s acting???
@clippedwings225
@clippedwings225 3 жыл бұрын
@@mariaminghi4297 Yeah, nobody really speaks Old English as their main language anymore. This man is just Simon Roper dressed in a sheet and acting.
@von6058
@von6058 3 жыл бұрын
read the description
@zyaicob
@zyaicob 3 жыл бұрын
And him giving up on the rhotic r issue was brilliant
@expansivegymnast1020
@expansivegymnast1020 3 жыл бұрын
For real. This guy is killing it as an actor.
@marieboutin9054
@marieboutin9054 2 жыл бұрын
An amazing video. Very well played. The young man who is an Anglo Saxon speaks Old English in a perfect way, using the idioms of that time. Very impressive
@JeffreyB1983
@JeffreyB1983 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine pressing 1 for English and getting that guy for the help desk.
@benedictpsamuelr
@benedictpsamuelr 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😅😅😅😅
@TheStickCollector
@TheStickCollector 3 жыл бұрын
"Sorry, 1 for old english 4 for middle english 9 for modern english"
@JillWouters
@JillWouters 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheStickCollector which modern English though? OUR modern English or Shakespeare's modern English?
@TheStickCollector
@TheStickCollector 3 жыл бұрын
@@JillWouters ours Maybe 7 should be for Shakespeare
@cringeman4199
@cringeman4199 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr!
@patrickmuller4953
@patrickmuller4953 4 жыл бұрын
German here: I can understand him better when I accept this as a german dialect as If I'd try to understand it as english.
@andryuu_2000
@andryuu_2000 4 жыл бұрын
Actually it is a low German dialect lmao
@patrickmuller4953
@patrickmuller4953 4 жыл бұрын
@@andryuu_2000 Of Course. I just wanted to describe that thinking in german tongue, makes it easier to understand than thinking in english.
@SnowmanAgent
@SnowmanAgent 4 жыл бұрын
Ja ! Du hast Recht, verrückte Sache.
@huskiehuskerson5300
@huskiehuskerson5300 4 жыл бұрын
as or than I'm confused English isn't my native language
@patrickmuller4953
@patrickmuller4953 4 жыл бұрын
@@huskiehuskerson5300 as and than are sometimes a bit tricky for me as well, because both are in german "als".
@DamonNomad82
@DamonNomad82 3 жыл бұрын
The resemblance to German, Dutch and the Nordic languages is striking. It really demonstrates that English is in the Germanic family of languages, though most of the changes from Old English to Modern English came via Romance languages, primarily Norman French.
@rationalactor
@rationalactor 5 ай бұрын
What a magnificent piece of work! Simon brings this character totally back to life for us.
@x6ZeXiOn6x
@x6ZeXiOn6x 3 жыл бұрын
Genuinely looks like you've pulled an unwitting time-traveller from a river and he confusedly agreed to an interview
@insanelyawesam1420
@insanelyawesam1420 3 жыл бұрын
This deserves more likes...
@jiznimore
@jiznimore 3 жыл бұрын
exactly, I was like "do they still live there in some secluded places like tribes in Polinesia (or how you write it)"
@BestKCL
@BestKCL 3 жыл бұрын
@@jiznimore Polynesia no longer has any secluded tribes lol. You're thinking of Indonesia, the Amazon, pygmy Africa and Papua
@johe64
@johe64 3 жыл бұрын
That's what I was thinking! lol
@selladore4911
@selladore4911 Жыл бұрын
ikr
@ThumpingThromnambular
@ThumpingThromnambular 4 жыл бұрын
That's incredible acting. This video almost had me fooled that there was potentially a pocket of folks who still spoke old english. Like unwitting amish.
@TheLYagAmi
@TheLYagAmi 4 жыл бұрын
It took me a long time to figure out it was the same guy doing both the acting and asking the questions from behind the camera. What is also fascinating to me is his mannerisms throughout the video at 00:51 chewing the twig really sold it.
@jumpiko4553
@jumpiko4553 4 жыл бұрын
ARTOROBOTO {TV} what how do you know?
@FLmanActual
@FLmanActual 4 жыл бұрын
yea i thought the UK had their own version of the amish.
@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343
@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343 4 жыл бұрын
Not in England but actually theres a small island In america where they do
@PockASqueeno
@PockASqueeno 4 жыл бұрын
Wait, it’s not real??
@UncleShanky
@UncleShanky 3 жыл бұрын
"baldrick was originally from a community but they cast him out." this is something i could not relate to more
@Vortex__24
@Vortex__24 3 жыл бұрын
Found this in my recommended, and it is the best recommended video thus far.
@janeadelaidelennox7193
@janeadelaidelennox7193 4 жыл бұрын
I left auto play on and woke up from a nap to this. Thought I’d had a stroke
@savannahrose4447
@savannahrose4447 4 жыл бұрын
Jane Adelaide Lennox AHAHHHHH
@KingOfShenanigan
@KingOfShenanigan 4 жыл бұрын
Literally laughed out loud 😂💀
@robertallen6710
@robertallen6710 4 жыл бұрын
I woke up and discovered I had crapped my pants in my sleep...
@EastyOfficial
@EastyOfficial 4 жыл бұрын
I’m fucking dying.
@AS-mw6pw
@AS-mw6pw 4 жыл бұрын
Jane Adelaide Lennox hahahaha
@alexlongthorne2150
@alexlongthorne2150 3 жыл бұрын
I teach English in Japan. Today my English club kids were suddenly very interested in old English so I played this for them. They really enjoyed it, thanks!
@---zx9zf
@---zx9zf 3 жыл бұрын
Wholesome
@meganscureman578
@meganscureman578 3 жыл бұрын
Which program did you go through, Alex? Also, this made me smile. Thank you!
@alexlongthorne2150
@alexlongthorne2150 3 жыл бұрын
@@meganscureman578 I'm on JET living in Kyoto right now! It's a really long process from beginning the application to arriving, with a lot of random hoops to jump through and drawn out uncertainty... but ultimately absolutely worth it based on my own experience!
@ethanschell2605
@ethanschell2605 3 жыл бұрын
I feel like learning the old version of your native language is like when you "prestige" in some of C.O.D. games. You've mastered Japanese, now try *old* Japanese! *OG Godzilla sound* Native English speaker? Try *OLD English*!! *explosion sound*
@chillmint1726
@chillmint1726 3 жыл бұрын
It is not real. He mentioned it in the description.
@kanishkanvariketta9701
@kanishkanvariketta9701 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for clarifying in your description. I thought that you had discovered time travel for a sec but the description cleared that up
@EddGorenstain
@EddGorenstain 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for bringing this video back!
@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343
@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343 3 жыл бұрын
The fact he looks uncomfortable makes it believable
@marienemozzarella8502
@marienemozzarella8502 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@austindavid1862
@austindavid1862 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@DrywallMuncher_
@DrywallMuncher_ 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@Hintaqa
@Hintaqa 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@nope1083
@nope1083 2 жыл бұрын
Yeæ
@ericko5232
@ericko5232 4 жыл бұрын
-Can you speak any new English at all? -Nyeh -Would you like to learn? Me: DON'T CORRUPT HIM!
@highgroundproductions8590
@highgroundproductions8590 3 жыл бұрын
Nyet
@vm99125
@vm99125 3 жыл бұрын
@@highgroundproductions8590 😂😂
@simonkaggwanjala6873
@simonkaggwanjala6873 3 жыл бұрын
Gayy
@vishnnuvijay9096
@vishnnuvijay9096 3 жыл бұрын
@@highgroundproductions8590 quay porqos ter catalan
@highgroundproductions8590
@highgroundproductions8590 3 жыл бұрын
@@vishnnuvijay9096 I don't speak catalan
@deborahrobertson8606
@deborahrobertson8606 3 жыл бұрын
Discovered your channel this evening. Just fabulous. Thank you.
@thequeertelope7941
@thequeertelope7941 2 жыл бұрын
this is brilliant! even your face and demeanor give sort of an archaic vibe i founded a languages and linguistics club at my school and im going to show this video as an interest for old english was expressed :)
@57farmall23
@57farmall23 4 жыл бұрын
This is what talking in cursive sounds like.
@petey611
@petey611 4 жыл бұрын
No
@planeoftime
@planeoftime 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@gabrielkellar1935
@gabrielkellar1935 4 жыл бұрын
Thats danish
@cameronrobertson9518
@cameronrobertson9518 4 жыл бұрын
He’s speaking italic
@bacicinvatteneaca
@bacicinvatteneaca 4 жыл бұрын
I mean, yes, but only if modern English sounds like cursive written by a doctor
@luiginocharles9990
@luiginocharles9990 4 жыл бұрын
When you defreeze a guy from the old days.
@ibonnie1047
@ibonnie1047 4 жыл бұрын
Luigino Charles that’s why he’s all wrapped up.
@reme7903
@reme7903 4 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@JoeyMe
@JoeyMe 4 жыл бұрын
True
@kovarbasich80
@kovarbasich80 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh shedding light laughter to makes us feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside except that guy he needs a quilt
@no1dolso752
@no1dolso752 4 жыл бұрын
Defrost
@freepagan
@freepagan 10 ай бұрын
I LOVE this so much. Native English speaker from the USA here :D
@modmutha8608
@modmutha8608 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who is absolutely fascinated about the English language and it’s many accents and dialects, this is absolutely brilliant.
@tonytucker7264
@tonytucker7264 2 жыл бұрын
Where are you from ?
@modmutha8608
@modmutha8608 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonytucker7264 I’m from Sheffield
@tonytucker7264
@tonytucker7264 2 жыл бұрын
@@modmutha8608 are you anglo saxon
@modmutha8608
@modmutha8608 2 жыл бұрын
@@tonytucker7264 I’ve no idea. But I know a few swear words
@tonytucker7264
@tonytucker7264 2 жыл бұрын
@@modmutha8608 so do I lol
@saintjiub8202
@saintjiub8202 4 жыл бұрын
Me, a german who learned english and also speak icelandic, almost understand everything he is saying. Interesting.
@wildrain8602
@wildrain8602 4 жыл бұрын
Not surprised. That's awesome man.
@vdagr8795
@vdagr8795 4 жыл бұрын
All 3 of those languages are germanic
@zetaleonis4745
@zetaleonis4745 4 жыл бұрын
Me, a English/Irish/Scottish tatie, welcomes your pure self
@Harry-om5lm
@Harry-om5lm 4 жыл бұрын
Well the Anglo Saxon era in England was a time when Germanic languages ruled ruled of the regions till Norman
@lllxxcvhvvb8017
@lllxxcvhvvb8017 4 жыл бұрын
Was gehhtttt
@buster117
@buster117 4 жыл бұрын
You like to learn? Anglo-Saxon: Yæòú
@joedragich
@joedragich 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@livedandletdie
@livedandletdie 4 жыл бұрын
He did say Jà. not Yæó...
@quickfruits6963
@quickfruits6963 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@spacekadet12
@spacekadet12 4 жыл бұрын
buster117 😂😂😂😂😂
@takeurpills6024
@takeurpills6024 4 жыл бұрын
The Major oof
@xanoblade1864
@xanoblade1864 Жыл бұрын
As a native dutch speaker i can understand it for like 70%
@TheUnforgiven59
@TheUnforgiven59 2 жыл бұрын
AS A GERMAN LEARNER THIS HITS DIFFERENTLY AFTER I FOUND OUT ABOUT OLD ENGLISH YEARS AGO
@Sawrattan
@Sawrattan 4 жыл бұрын
2019: Englishmen reenact Anglo-Saxon speech. 1019: Anglo-Saxons reenact Proto-Brythonic speech. 19: Britons reenact Indo-European speech.
@chasbodaniels1744
@chasbodaniels1744 4 жыл бұрын
Major challenge for the subtitle writer.
@WyrmrestAccord
@WyrmrestAccord 4 жыл бұрын
3019: Muslims reenact English speech.
@alexnickolaev
@alexnickolaev 4 жыл бұрын
@@WyrmrestAccord 2050 Chinese reenact 2019 Mandarin
@Nnnnn636
@Nnnnn636 4 жыл бұрын
@@WyrmrestAccord bingo. I was gonna say it
@selbos
@selbos 4 жыл бұрын
Acid Trip Muslim is the name for followers of Islam. English is a language and the people. That’s like saying, “Christians reenact Arabic (or any other Semitic language)”. Does it make sense?
@user-jx1rs5my4u
@user-jx1rs5my4u 4 жыл бұрын
sounds more like German. Now it makes sense it is a Germanic language.
@jamesp.3220
@jamesp.3220 4 жыл бұрын
As I took German in High School; I can understand about 85%-90% of it.
@invhest77
@invhest77 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, the fact that Englisch is like it is nowadays is because of the normand invasion and the French language. It was through the Norman conquest that the English lost their germanic roots.
@jasper677
@jasper677 4 жыл бұрын
James Johansson frisian, an northwest german dialect is 99% similar to this
@nieczerwony
@nieczerwony 4 жыл бұрын
Well Anglo-Saxons were germanic tribes who conquered todays England terrains in about V century. All them Islandia beleonged to Celts.
@tayk5078
@tayk5078 4 жыл бұрын
@@jamesp.3220 Im German and that's a pretty bold estimation.
@luckyswine
@luckyswine 2 жыл бұрын
Great job sir. Your videos (especially the time lapse London one) really effectively communicate the past as a foreign country.
@michaeltaylor8835
@michaeltaylor8835 3 жыл бұрын
Simon is living history of long lost languages. Bless you.
@dylanlampin8404
@dylanlampin8404 4 жыл бұрын
When he said “jdrjjrndjdbdndndnei” I felt that
@marcbannerman7841
@marcbannerman7841 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@TheIronbark
@TheIronbark 4 жыл бұрын
Ok that was too funny
@leighjones5258
@leighjones5258 4 жыл бұрын
Very funny
@ETB3341
@ETB3341 3 жыл бұрын
"Spoo reh, spoo reh." Is real motivating.
@ebob4177
@ebob4177 4 жыл бұрын
Yep, you actually sound like a real person, not someone playing a character from Beowulf. Nice.
@simonroper9218
@simonroper9218 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that, that's pretty much what I was going for! With ancient languages, there are so few attempts on KZfaq to speak them as a native speaker might.
@MajesticSkywhale
@MajesticSkywhale 4 жыл бұрын
@@simonroper9218 mate you might've discovered an amazing new GENRE of history/linguistic videos. Seriously consider doing more like this or even more involved with dialogues with other history/linguistics youtubers that would be good at something like this. History with Hilbert would be the first that comes to mind for me I guess. This gave me about a million ideas because this period of English history is so poorly remembered
@gonefishing6337
@gonefishing6337 4 жыл бұрын
@@simonroper9218 They actually said nej? Like a Swedish person?
@ebob4177
@ebob4177 4 жыл бұрын
@@gonefishing6337 seems so hmm? I mean, the Dutch say "nee" and the English themselves used to say "nay".
@patrickturner6878
@patrickturner6878 4 жыл бұрын
@@simonroper9218 Yeah. I agree with Roper. This is a genre.
@mdoughty
@mdoughty 3 жыл бұрын
brilliantly acted & the song was kinda chilling honestly. i love this video!!
@nmestre2
@nmestre2 3 жыл бұрын
1:21 Old English: Da can ich nocht. Modern English: That I can not. Modern German: Das kanne ich nicht. Am I hallucinating? :Þ
@KlavierMenn
@KlavierMenn 3 жыл бұрын
Nah. Old english still had its german roots
@Reichstaubenminister
@Reichstaubenminister 3 жыл бұрын
It's "kann" not "kanne" if you wanna be precise.
@wolfgangharden61
@wolfgangharden61 3 жыл бұрын
Dat kann ick nich = low German That I can not = English Das kann ich nicht = German It is not very different
@Jaquass
@Jaquass 3 жыл бұрын
Germanic languages, both german & english.
@stephanieboyce4860
@stephanieboyce4860 2 жыл бұрын
Black Country : ar cor
@wdmertens
@wdmertens 4 жыл бұрын
It kinda sounds like he’s just speaking English but backwards.
@metsys1
@metsys1 4 жыл бұрын
I heard that about any other language from such kind of you
@andrewmccloud8581
@andrewmccloud8581 4 жыл бұрын
Get OFF my territory.
@Jaylink15
@Jaylink15 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf is this thread?
@maximilianraley2457
@maximilianraley2457 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jaylink15 I'm wondering the exact same thing? Im so confused.
@urbanpeltier1622
@urbanpeltier1622 4 жыл бұрын
Agree sounds backwards
@josecano9210
@josecano9210 4 жыл бұрын
He sounds like he’s extremely drunk and speaking German
@SchimmelAufDemBrot4m
@SchimmelAufDemBrot4m 4 жыл бұрын
Me as a german can confirm
@nickystyles868
@nickystyles868 4 жыл бұрын
@@SchimmelAufDemBrot4m der Satzbau scheint mir relativ ähnlich zu sein,:Ya can ic / Nay can ic nik. Aber es hört sich eher an wie Schwedisch or Dänisch meiner Meinung nach
@benjaminchartier6458
@benjaminchartier6458 4 жыл бұрын
Altengelsachen ist ein altes Deutsche sprach
@juboo4451
@juboo4451 4 жыл бұрын
Für mich eher norwegisch oder niederländisch als deutsch
@benjaminchartier6458
@benjaminchartier6458 4 жыл бұрын
@Obiwank Keb34 That's it exactly. Frieslanders were actually among the Saxon invaders of Britain
@mollyk3768
@mollyk3768 Жыл бұрын
As an english speaker who's been slowly learning Swedish, the only thing I understood the first time is that he doesn't have any kids, but when I put on the subtitles the second time the words seemed much more similar and I got the missing context I needed to connect what I heard to my modern vocab. Amazing video, thank you.
@trollololololololo1173
@trollololololololo1173 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm as a German, that sounds like Frisian or Low German (Plattdeutsch) in Low Saxony and like norse maybe Danish?
@ansems3309
@ansems3309 3 жыл бұрын
I commented here a year ago and saw your comment on accident. I do speak Frisian and Flat/Low German fluently and I was able to understand him better than my girlfriend who lives in Austria.
@trollololololololo1173
@trollololololololo1173 3 жыл бұрын
@@ansems3309 Ja das glaub ich dir, der Alpendialekt hat's schon in sich ^^ Aber ich finde es toll das du Plattdeutsch und Friesisch sprichst, gerade jetzt wo die Dialekte verschwinden.
@flutterwind7686
@flutterwind7686 3 жыл бұрын
Anglo-Saxon (old English) is directly related to Frisian and Low German(which used to be called Saxon). Good ear!
@thematthew761
@thematthew761 2 жыл бұрын
Anglo Saxons were from Saxony.
@choonbox
@choonbox 2 жыл бұрын
@@thematthew761 No, Anglosaxons are from the British isles. They are a mixed group of mostly Angles, Frisians, Saxons and Jutes.
@Mansardian
@Mansardian 3 жыл бұрын
As a German native speaker I find this fascinating. Here we have it: The connection between German and English. That's why our languages are siblings.
@AverageAlien
@AverageAlien 3 жыл бұрын
Anglo saxons came from the same place as Danes and Germans. We were just a bunch of germanic tribes actually, that migrated over the england.
@Wrz2e
@Wrz2e 3 жыл бұрын
I suppose the Angles and Saxons came from Germany. Could you understand much of what he said?
@Mansardian
@Mansardian 3 жыл бұрын
@@Wrz2e Back then there was no Germany, just germanic tribes, as someone said above. The old English language and the old German language developed from that base on different paths. Then the English language got influenced by the Norman conquerors, yet English and German are pretty similar languages today. The old English/Anglo-Saxon that is spoken here however is even closer to German. So yes, many sentences are quite understandable. Sometimes the vocabulary sounds strange but I guess that would be the same with old German words.
@Wrz2e
@Wrz2e 3 жыл бұрын
@@Mansardian Very true, I hope you'll excuse me using 'Germany' as a convenient shorthand for the lands where the Angles and the Saxons originated, which probably included some of modern day Netherlands and Denmark. I find it somewhat regrettable that the Normans adulterated the English language with French and Latin to the extent that we are now barely able to understand our Dutch and German brethren. I always find it very interesting to see cognates and identical words between our languages. Haus, Bier, Butter, Hand, Arm etc...
@disobey5615
@disobey5615 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the original Brits sounded like, before they had the saxons come defend them from the Norsemen.
@frankthetank2550
@frankthetank2550 3 жыл бұрын
"Can you sing it? We won't tell anybody." 2.7 million people: 👂
@hugocorreia8039
@hugocorreia8039 3 жыл бұрын
👁👂✋
@olivenuttall5632
@olivenuttall5632 3 жыл бұрын
What is the song?
@skzanarchist
@skzanarchist 3 жыл бұрын
lol
@Aimal126
@Aimal126 3 жыл бұрын
You gay
@toberwine
@toberwine 2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather N R Ker was a paleographer at Oxford University… he studied and catalogued old Anglo Saxon texts. He died in 1982 but I like to think he would have really enjoyed your content.
@genethemachine7169
@genethemachine7169 2 жыл бұрын
Simon, you've got a rather well-suited voice to the old songs. I wouldn't mind hearing more!
@Inescapeium
@Inescapeium 3 жыл бұрын
You can't speak modern English? *nÆeH*
@thelivingdead1728
@thelivingdead1728 3 жыл бұрын
@drabberfrog
@drabberfrog 3 жыл бұрын
Nåë
@shadysam7161
@shadysam7161 3 жыл бұрын
at least hes honest
@thelivingdead1728
@thelivingdead1728 3 жыл бұрын
@@shadysam7161 Ya mean he's, Honæst?
@shadysam7161
@shadysam7161 3 жыл бұрын
@@thelivingdead1728 or Unf¯æcne.
@williamcharnley2208
@williamcharnley2208 4 жыл бұрын
People in the future watching this will be highly confused
@randomvagaries5140
@randomvagaries5140 4 жыл бұрын
William Charnley , what do you mean , future? I can’t understand any of it in the present!
@DICKdeNORMATITY
@DICKdeNORMATITY 4 жыл бұрын
What, why, who ummmmm
@kkhunt7
@kkhunt7 4 жыл бұрын
@LOCAL COPE I wonder if England's English will be a mix of Arabic and English in the future.
@999Claymore
@999Claymore 4 жыл бұрын
@LOCAL COPE Damn right
@999Claymore
@999Claymore 4 жыл бұрын
@@kkhunt7 Let's hope not.
@fishcamptv
@fishcamptv 11 ай бұрын
Simon cheers for making this public again. 🥰 Your fans love this video! I realize you were embarrassed that the old english isn't accurate/faithful which is why you hid it. But I think you underestimated how much of a gem this is. For instance, I don't think you realize how good your acting is in this video. It sort of stops me in my tracks how well it's put together as far as the cinematography aspect. Keep up the good work mate. 💙💚💛♥ @simonroper9218
@user-bf8ud9vt5b
@user-bf8ud9vt5b 8 ай бұрын
Agreed. The fundamental goal of the video is to give an impression of casual Old English. It does that admirably.
@EinNerd
@EinNerd 3 жыл бұрын
As a German who understands a lot of English it's easy to understand because is 50% English and 50% German
@RargoFC19
@RargoFC19 3 жыл бұрын
This is exceptional work. Love it.
@laypyu
@laypyu 4 жыл бұрын
The acting was so good that he really looked lost. Imagine waking up to a different world. Damn!
@reactivesquirrel5487
@reactivesquirrel5487 4 жыл бұрын
Why do you have over 900 likes and no comment until now?
@theinfamousbigslurp618
@theinfamousbigslurp618 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine waking up in a cart and hearing “hey you you’re finally awake”
@pumpkinfaerie
@pumpkinfaerie 4 жыл бұрын
The Infamous Big Slurp I-
@dreamcatcher1690
@dreamcatcher1690 4 жыл бұрын
He sounds like a german guy who talks danish and englisch at the same time
@Sebbir
@Sebbir 4 жыл бұрын
As a danish english speaker who understands german i cant say i agree
@bordenfleetwood5773
@bordenfleetwood5773 4 жыл бұрын
@@Sebbir I'm curious what this sounds like to you. From what I can tell, his pronunciation is fairly good, and I'm curious as to what you're hearing. I speak English, Spanish and some Irish. To me, this just sounds archaic, like listening to someone from 1850 who spoke entirely in a regional vernacular.
@Sebbir
@Sebbir 4 жыл бұрын
Borden Fleetwood im not sure really. Maybe a bit faroese with parts that sound more czech. But im sure people who actually speak those languages would disagree
@nebucamv5524
@nebucamv5524 4 жыл бұрын
More like Icelandic.
@halli4779
@halli4779 4 жыл бұрын
Im German and I understood some of it, but by far not everything. Some words appear to be The Same or almost The Same but there were some sentences I didnt catch a Word from
@Null-Red-Blue
@Null-Red-Blue 2 жыл бұрын
Great dedication, effort, and quality.
@BrookeSingleton
@BrookeSingleton 3 жыл бұрын
You are just incredible. I mean I can’t believe how amazing you are.
@jgenard
@jgenard 4 жыл бұрын
Shit, this is 10x more natural sounding that all others on youtube
@simonroper9218
@simonroper9218 4 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate that :) That was the aim. Unfortunately, I think I didn't give myself enough time to rehearse, so I make a few mistakes!
@theabsurdveganakadonderric1101
@theabsurdveganakadonderric1101 4 жыл бұрын
Every generation of 40+ people trashes the teenagers.
@simonroper9218
@simonroper9218 4 жыл бұрын
@@theabsurdveganakadonderric1101 Will be interesting to see how the teenagers of the 2050s will be talking
@baronzemo420
@baronzemo420 4 жыл бұрын
@@simonroper9218 I reckon they'll communicate mostly by cognitively-linked animated emojis transmitted via enhanced contact lenses. Artificial intelligence will probably play a significant role in streamlining communication. Most people will be very reliant on AI to get through their daily affairs. It don't think it will be as nightmarish as Black Mirror, but it will still have a lot of negative aspects like difficulty communicating without AI assistance. The majority of children may well fall on the autism spectrum as we currently define it.
@PS3Vids10
@PS3Vids10 4 жыл бұрын
@MrA 2309 OK boomer
@Toni1193
@Toni1193 4 жыл бұрын
“We won’t tell anybody” *literally puts it on the internet lol*
@Freakincident
@Freakincident 4 жыл бұрын
I mean, it’s not like he’s ever gonna find out lol
@bismarck6
@bismarck6 4 жыл бұрын
@@Freakincident lmao
@Chaguarr
@Chaguarr 4 жыл бұрын
Freakincident Considering the description I think he knows XD
@invhest77
@invhest77 4 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahjaahja i thought the same
@fundip78
@fundip78 4 жыл бұрын
He’s acting. It’s not real
@SuperLuma1
@SuperLuma1 3 жыл бұрын
These brilliant videos, impressive, unique and you are brilliant actor aswell. Thankyou
@toonytowny9469
@toonytowny9469 Жыл бұрын
Middle English is pretty understandable as a native speaker. You can understand it if you kinda squint your ears and just let it run together. And reading it is even easier. Old English is a whole different beast. Personally, I find the old languages much more musical and blended.
@paulm6529
@paulm6529 4 жыл бұрын
"DISCLAIMER: This obviously isn't an actual Anglo-Saxon, it's me in a sheet" Oooh, god. Thank you for explaining. I was totally confused.
@paulm6529
@paulm6529 4 жыл бұрын
@Steven Moore it did not! I was actually thinking about time travelling, indeed. But then read this, so everything got clear. Fascinating!
@user-ws2zq8rq2o
@user-ws2zq8rq2o 4 жыл бұрын
I know nothing about england history and i firstly thought its a tribe or something
@Ludwig1625
@Ludwig1625 4 жыл бұрын
It sounds like all the Germanic languages combined
@WhattAreYouSaying
@WhattAreYouSaying 4 жыл бұрын
Haha, yes indeed. I'm Norwegian. It sounds like a mix off Icelandic, Norwegian, German and Dutch. Or something like that...
@brumav9779
@brumav9779 4 жыл бұрын
Well that’s what English is, without the Romantic (French and Latin) influence
@edwinvanderkooij8713
@edwinvanderkooij8713 3 жыл бұрын
Funny, I am Dutch I understand him..😅
@emerald_kiwi4046
@emerald_kiwi4046 3 жыл бұрын
It is
@highgroundproductions8590
@highgroundproductions8590 3 жыл бұрын
SIMP
@ulisescalvo2884
@ulisescalvo2884 3 жыл бұрын
This man should be hired as an actor for this type of roles in movies, is really believable.
@dorianphilotheates3769
@dorianphilotheates3769 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! - this is incredibly well done! Bravo.
@metitfour131
@metitfour131 4 жыл бұрын
I would unironically watch this if this was a mini-series
@Donjuanantoine
@Donjuanantoine 4 жыл бұрын
Same, so simple yet so fascinating.
@MM-vs2et
@MM-vs2et 4 жыл бұрын
Baldrich, The Old Young Man
@ekulio
@ekulio 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know how much I wanted this until I read your comment
@bk2active
@bk2active 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah him trying to learn new english lol
@ellierose6
@ellierose6 4 жыл бұрын
The song was really nice but you promised him you wouldn't tell.
@theressomuchtowaitforseein3465
@theressomuchtowaitforseein3465 4 жыл бұрын
Just what I thought! Now everyone knows!
@sanoorpradhan
@sanoorpradhan 4 жыл бұрын
Jeliza Rose check the vid description
@mostsacredangel
@mostsacredangel 4 жыл бұрын
im trying to know the songs name, someone knows?
@EmdrGreg
@EmdrGreg 4 жыл бұрын
@@mostsacredangel Check the Wikipedia article on Yggdrasil, probably the name of the ash tree. The song sounds like one of the verses from the poetic 'edda': I know that I hung on a windy tree nine long nights, wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run. I bet that earlier or later verses in the same poem mention the bird. Odin is talking about having sacrificed himself 'to himself' on the ash tree. Maybe the song exists someplace just as Simon presents it, but I don't know where.
@mostsacredangel
@mostsacredangel 4 жыл бұрын
@@EmdrGreg this one? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aKiAfK-SsrqZYJ8.html
@candle6183
@candle6183 Жыл бұрын
That song is a banger Baldrick Definitely going on my playlist
@hieronymusgandt9235
@hieronymusgandt9235 3 жыл бұрын
The acting in this one seem so refined, so good somehow
@dustin2006
@dustin2006 4 жыл бұрын
10 centuries later: “We visit a direct descendant of Baldric. An Anglo American.” Hank Hill: “I sell propane and propane accessories.”
@CedarPinesFieldGrove
@CedarPinesFieldGrove 4 жыл бұрын
Dang ol, Boomhower
@CedarPinesFieldGrove
@CedarPinesFieldGrove 4 жыл бұрын
@@robroux6074 idk man, I know plenty of Americans who are happy to sit on the couch bitching all day long
@robroux6074
@robroux6074 4 жыл бұрын
@@CedarPinesFieldGrove you're confusing Americans w/ Texans & Scotchirish. That's like confusing Brits w/ Welsh & the Scotts.
@jackduncan4228
@jackduncan4228 4 жыл бұрын
Rob Roux Americans still to this day have a frontier mindset and live in a frontier society.
@robroux6074
@robroux6074 4 жыл бұрын
@@jackduncan4228 The frontier Society comes from the Iriqouis & Algonquin doesn't it? The Vikings didn't expand and they loved to scout and pillege but the americans were different. They really did integrate into the land and adopted a lot of Native American customs...some say that SOME of our Democratic ideals come from the Natives. British and Americans are really different and even the Canadians are very different from Americans. Canadians are way more pompous and carry traits of the bourgeois British. The American do have a strong frontier mindset that is very similar to Native Americans. There a lot of aspects of German (Volga) that also influenced the Americans too.
@th0ck
@th0ck 4 жыл бұрын
My head canon is that this man went back in time and just started interviewing random villagers
@johng.8327
@johng.8327 4 жыл бұрын
Me too lol
@hopesy12u4
@hopesy12u4 4 жыл бұрын
I'm think either a Tardis or a Vortex Manipulator.
@sebestyenendre238
@sebestyenendre238 3 жыл бұрын
The Orcs are coming out of those woods any minute now.
@patriotallen9717
@patriotallen9717 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I remember in high school (In Tennessee) took an honor's english course. Part of the requirement was to recite the prologue to Cantebury's Tale in Old English. It was actually fun, and 45 years later I still remember a lot of it.
@Dave_Sisson
@Dave_Sisson 3 жыл бұрын
Chaucer actually wrote in middle English, the language spoken from (very) roughly 1100 to1500 A.D.
@brianmead7556
@brianmead7556 4 жыл бұрын
"Hinga dinga dergen!" - Spongebob Squarepants
@sionefinaulahi4640
@sionefinaulahi4640 4 жыл бұрын
Happy lief Erickson day!
@timecat8534
@timecat8534 4 жыл бұрын
Found my friends
@slrasnake
@slrasnake 4 жыл бұрын
Gone to get more giant paper.
@sionefinaulahi4640
@sionefinaulahi4640 4 жыл бұрын
Georgen dingur herge
@Large28X
@Large28X 4 жыл бұрын
FINLAND!!!!! - Patrick Star
@br9809
@br9809 4 жыл бұрын
Swedish here, a Scandinavian could probably understand 60% of that.
@user-qn8rg3sv6j
@user-qn8rg3sv6j 4 жыл бұрын
Yea Im swedish and I was pick up on alot of his stuff
@foottoast4235
@foottoast4235 4 жыл бұрын
Weird ass accent tho, probably easier for other Scandinavians
@bobbo4962
@bobbo4962 4 жыл бұрын
Im from norway so its pretty hard to understand, but he sound like hes danish
@simonroper9218
@simonroper9218 4 жыл бұрын
It would be very interesting to record a few sentences in Old English and see how well a people from different countries understood.
@klarabjerin8706
@klarabjerin8706 4 жыл бұрын
nope det låter som norska, tyska och engelska blandat. fattar noll
@CaptainFrankBlack
@CaptainFrankBlack 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a drunk guy from Liverpool
@xyre8443
@xyre8443 Жыл бұрын
Damn man this really sounds like someone is talking with an indigenous person. That acting is amazing.
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