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@Allan-et5ig 6 күн бұрын

Also, I think the green skin is kind of a dead giveaway that there's something up...

@allancerf9038 Ай бұрын

Wonderful. Please make more Middle English recordings.

@callmeswivelhips8229 Ай бұрын

How thick of a cord could you weave on an inkle loom??

@SirJaymesDAudelée 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic!!

@amadotcom5788 3 ай бұрын

you're a lifesaver, I've been scouring the Internet for ages trying to find a reading of Gawain in the original middle english - thank you

@wendywalters2293 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great video. However I did find the striped background cloth made it harder to see clearly.

@allancerf9038 4 ай бұрын

a wayward medievalist- thank you so much for this which I've only discovered today. it's wonderful.

@TheToqueWearer 5 ай бұрын

4:30 I find this alliteration so excellent and beautiful. Thanks for the reading!

@sketchesbyboze 5 ай бұрын

This is amazing! I've been desperately searching for a recording of Sir Gawain in Middle English but, shockingly, audiobook companies are somewhat averse to releasing books in Middle English. This is the only reading I've been able to find online. Gratias ago!

@allancerf9038 4 ай бұрын

Not in England, they're not, but I appreciate your point.

@slutgutter7182 7 ай бұрын

Im trying my best to keep uo and I so far am im impressed with myself but in all this i have to admit, I have slowly fallen in love with her, who is she.

@brendabryant60 7 ай бұрын

What size yarn do you suggest for tubular shoe laces?

@HappyFunHell 8 ай бұрын

Truly outstanding. Thank you.

@user-hm9pe1cg7x 8 ай бұрын

Best tutorial I’ve seen! Thank you

@marjorietalcott 8 ай бұрын

Very late to this “game” - pardon the pun. So very much enjoyed this reading. Such a fun treat! Many thanks!!!

@FarEastUranus 10 ай бұрын

Starts at 2:25

@LynchMobster47 11 ай бұрын

I just listened to this and really appreciated it. I see you don’t have many views, which is probably to be expected for something like this (unfortunately), but I definitely want to encourage you because this did bring me great joy. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is so unknown despite its massive effect on modern culture (insofar as it inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings). I also would not read Gawain’s comments on women as chauvinistic per se. They are certainly not feminist, but to acknowledge the faults of women (at least the ways in which women tend to sin and deceive) is no more anti-woman than acknowledging the oftentimes wretchedness of humans in general is misanthropic. In fact, sometimes such admissions can dispose is to treat women who have shortcomings with grace. And that is appropriate since this story is basically a big mythic expansion on Romans 3:23.

@LynchMobster47 11 ай бұрын

This is brilliant. It’s interesting, when I look at the Middle English, I can hardly understand it, but listening to it, I feel like I am getting 75% of it. I think that is because you have correct pronunciation (I assume) and I am not being thrown off by the spelling. It almost sounds like someone speaking modern English with a really thick Scottish accent and just using a lot of archaic words. But some of the poetry is just unparalleled in the Middle English. It just sounds better than the Modern English. Do you have a favorite modern translation by chance?

@richardburt9812 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Do you know of anyone who teaches Middle English online with accurate pronunciation? I came to your webpages because I thought you were pronouncing the text accurately.

@richardburt9812 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this. Reading begins at 1:48

@richardburt9812 Жыл бұрын

Reading begins at 2:30. Thank you!

@BJPryor Жыл бұрын

Lovely. A pleasant voice. An engaging manner. Nicely done. And had I the time, I would probably enjoy listening to more of it, while reading along, and trying to translate it in my mind so I know what the hell is going on in the story. But I have to laugh when you say, "please do not expect accurate pronunciation".) If the words I am hearing here are not being pronounced as they were pronounced in 14th century, nor as they are pronounced in the 21st century, then what am I hearing? As I listen and read along, I am left wondering, "If she is not pronouncing accurately, then how ought this text to sound?" What came to mind was Chaucer's Prioress: "And Frenssh she spak ful faire and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte Bowe, For Frenssh of Parys was to hire unknowe." I have to assume that you are in fact pronouncing these words fairly accurately, at any rate more accurately than I would, were I to attempt to decipher the text aloud to someone. Perhaps your caveat is ovestated and too modest. Perhaps you ought to have said, "I will come as close to the original pronunciation as I am (at the moment) able, but I don't claim perfection, and hope you will forgive my little errors." That would at least inspire more confidence than tell us we should not expect accuracy! I hope you understand that this comment is not intended as a criticism of your reading, or with any malice. In fact, I would love to hear you reading this book in a updated or translated version that I could actually follow and comprehend.

@MattsGrandmother Жыл бұрын

Is there a way to see what the tubular band will look like - I know about the flat patterns but would love to know how to plan for a tube.

@awaywardmedievalist5402 Жыл бұрын

I haven't explore it extensively, but basically any "straight" pattern will start to spiral -- so, for example, flat stripes would turn into candy-cane spiraling stripes :)

@buddharuci2701 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this! I love Middle English, trying to get my wonderful reading group to read Sir Gawain. My wife is Scottish, so not to worry.

@electrictroy2010 Жыл бұрын

2:29 start of story .

@PoeticartistofOz 2 жыл бұрын

::stumbles on this whilst sewing:: “Have it in the background while you do some sewing” ::instantly subscribes::

@awaywardmedievalist5402 2 жыл бұрын

💖💖💖

@1qtaz 2 жыл бұрын

That's the absolute best inkle instructional video. Clear, calm, and concise. Thank you!

@kelkabot 2 жыл бұрын

2:29

@christenagervais7303 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I love your shuttle!

@greensleevez 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the vivid rendition!

@DanielKellyFolkMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear this in its original form!

@johannadudley7121 2 жыл бұрын

I am making listening an annual ritual.

@edwardneafcy2155 2 жыл бұрын

Early in the seduction scenes, the lady begins to address Gawain a s 'thee/thou'. By so doing she is giving him permission to address her in the same way. This is a big deal. He doesn't respond in kind. When she loses heart and asks if he has a love already, she reverts to 'you'.

@edwardneafcy2155 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I spoke a dialect of the region of this poem. I thought it might help understanding but it doesn't. So pleased to hear this.

@edwardneafcy2155 2 жыл бұрын

I came to this because of my grandmother's dialect speech . She would have first heard a radio when they got electricity in the 1930s. I thought I might find one or two words in Gawain and Pearl. And so I did. What a difference to hear the speech! Utterly different.

@awaywardmedievalist5402 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this memory! Stories of English dialects bring me such joy.

@edwardneafcy1050 2 жыл бұрын

@@awaywardmedievalist5402 Hi Ela. It's a joy watching you work! Given what you say about English dialects, here is another tale for you. It was the Spring of 1973. There was a job I wanted and I gave as referee a colleague, a project manager, who had previously worked in the coal mining industry in Lancashire. This labour intensive industry was the last refuge of dialect, of 'thee' and 'thou'. Meeting me later, he asked. 'Hast heard owt'. ('h's silent of course!) For one reason or another, coalmines were being closed. Men might get a job offer at another pit, but anyway, they wanted to know what would happen to them and their friends. For me, the end of coal mining was the death-knell of dialect and 'Hast heard owt' was the last thing speakers wanted to know.

@awaywardmedievalist5402 2 жыл бұрын

@@edwardneafcy1050 Oh, that breaks my heart in so many ways! Thank you for sharing!

@edwardneafcy1050 2 жыл бұрын

@@awaywardmedievalist5402 Don't want to clutter this site with stuff that isn't Middle English. But, looking at your interests, you might be interested in a story or two of mine. My surname appears in Manus O'Donnell's 'Life of St Columba'. (In Middle Irish!). O'Donnell wrote up in 1532 all the stories of St Columba he could find. He passes on an explanation of the origin of my surname - a craftsman raised from the dead to finish an uncompleted task. I checked this out and other stuff I found and uploaded. I called it 'Of the Children of Kneafsey and the Shrine at the Pictish Fort'. An abbey was built at the site to commemorate the miracle - cleared Reformation but traces remain.

@hotfrm 2 жыл бұрын

This is a treasure. Thank you.

@ugugugthe2nd.732 2 жыл бұрын

A wlonk reading. Ful hende! Look forward to what's next.

@staceyw5348 2 жыл бұрын

I miss your face!

@someCurbsideprophet 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! So glad I found your video. Today I learned that SGGK had been made into a movie and of course I had to whip out my Middle English Script of it, which I used in my literature course during my year abroad in Wolverhampton, and read it again so I'll be prepared before going to the cinema. An now I can listen along while reading! ♥ Greetings from Germany!

@0palheart 3 жыл бұрын

this is an absolutely wonderful reading, and i love your comments between verses, deserves more views :)

@charlest1828 3 жыл бұрын

Your oral account of Sir Gawain and the additional commentary are amazing! I will be teaching Sir Gawain in conjunction with Chaucer's The Knight's Tale in my World Lit classes this fall. I could listen to you all day! Thank you!

@seamusgunnstoryteller5153 3 жыл бұрын

That was beautiful! Thank you 'Ela', I so appreciate your craft.

@TheMagisterlatine 3 жыл бұрын

I want to give you a hearty thanks! I really prefer to listen to the language while I read, and yours was the only version I can find of the original ME (for free or for purchase!). Thanks so much, and I look forward to your future projects!