|
Post by tickingmask on Apr 2, 2024 15:49:57 GMT
The Scots language and certain Northern English dialects are probably the closest to Old English as they were influenced by the Normans with French the least. 'Old English' in this context likely means Norse in origin, since that part of Britain was regularly invaded by the Vikings before the Normans came along. When I was in Sweden I was struck by the number of words peculiar to Scotland and Northern England that must have originated from Scandinavia (bra/braw, barn/bairn, kyrka/kirk, mycket/muckle, gråta/greet, känna/ken etc.).
|
|
|
Post by Hnefahogg on Apr 2, 2024 16:47:50 GMT
The Scots language and certain Northern English dialects are probably the closest to Old English as they were influenced by the Normans with French the least. 'Old English' in this context likely means Norse in origin, since that part of Britain was regularly invaded by the Vikings before the Normans came along. When I was in Sweden I was struck by the number of words peculiar to Scotland and Northern England that must have originated from Scandinavia (bra/braw, barn/bairn, kyrka/kirk, mycket/muckle, gråta/greet, känna/ken etc.). Old English is what English was spoken a thousand years ago. Then there is Middle English. There is also Old Scandinavian which is unintelligible to modern-day Scandinavian speakers. The Vikings influenced English with Norse. The Normans Frenchified it. The Scots language (which is not the same as English spoken with a Scottish accent) is likely the closest thing to Old English today and English that's essentially wholly Germanic. Northern English dialects are probably also more Germanic because they have that Norse influence.
|
|
|
Post by jeffersoncody on Apr 2, 2024 19:05:03 GMT
I do a fabulous South African accent. Seth Efrican?? That too, hell, I can even speak Capie. My first encounter with so called "Cape Coloureds" was with my mom on a bus in Cape Town as a kid. These two old Colored men were talking very loudly at the back of the bus (non-whites" were not allowed to sit in the front of the bus and if it was a double decker they had to sit upstairs. The one guy tells his friend; "Ek is so fokking ongelukkig (I am so fucking unlucky) that if they cut women in half and shared them out I'd get the half what talks and eats". I didn't really understand what he meant, but my mom laughed fit to burst and when we got home she explained to me what it meant. It goes without saying that to know the Colored people is to love the Colored people, but I'm saying anyway. AIR AFRIKAANS.
|
|
|
Post by ofunknownorigins on Apr 4, 2024 12:57:57 GMT
He does a pretty good American accent. He could pass as Amish. Of course, he’ll have to grow a chin beard. No he sounds “off.”
|
|
|
Post by ofunknownorigins on Apr 4, 2024 13:00:01 GMT
Has any American or Canadian been able to mimic British accents successfully? You know, like maybe Robert Downey Jr., Johnny Depp, etc…
|
|
|
Post by ofunknownorigins on Apr 4, 2024 13:02:10 GMT
Western Canadians speak pretty much with an American accent, except maybe that they say eh. It's in Eastern Canada where they say aboot (it's actually "aboat"). There are isolated parts of Eastern Canada where they speak with British accents. They say aboat/aboot in the Scots language (not sure about Scottish which is not the same as Scots). Not to mention that one fourth of Canada's population speak French. They say the French at home ridicule the Quebec accent, much like Americans ridicule Canadians English. North-east England also says aboot. People from Minnesota and the Dakotas do, too. But they’re heavily influenced by the Canadians.
|
|
|
Post by Hnefahogg on Apr 4, 2024 13:31:26 GMT
He does a pretty good American accent. He could pass as Amish. Of course, he’ll have to grow a chin beard. No he sounds “off.” Many YouTubers are from Canada. I usually think they are American until I learn they are Canadian.
|
|
|
Post by Hnefahogg on Apr 4, 2024 13:32:07 GMT
North-east England also says aboot. People from Minnesota and the Dakotas do, too. But they’re heavily influenced by the Canadians.
|
|
|
Post by thorshairspray on Apr 4, 2024 14:30:31 GMT
North-east England also says aboot. The Scots language and certain Northern English dialects are probably the closest to Old English as they were influenced by the Normans with French the least. SCots is unrelated to Old English.
|
|
|
Post by thorshairspray on Apr 4, 2024 14:31:13 GMT
Nah, he sounds European.
|
|
|
Post by risenmillard on Apr 4, 2024 15:34:48 GMT
The most annoying thing is is "mistakes" weren't really mistakes.
|
|
|
Post by Hnefahogg on Apr 4, 2024 16:14:38 GMT
|
|
|
Post by thorshairspray on Apr 5, 2024 6:07:59 GMT
I meant they are not the same language.
|
|
|
Post by thorshairspray on Apr 5, 2024 6:12:19 GMT
Has any American or Canadian been able to mimic British accents successfully? You know, like maybe Robert Downey Jr., Johnny Depp, etc… Not really. I find that when North Americans try to do English accents, they always sound like they are someone trying to do an English accent. Like, Depp and Downey aren't bad, but they sound like they are imitating somehow.
|
|
|
Post by Lux on Apr 5, 2024 9:19:45 GMT
Has any American or Canadian been able to mimic British accents successfully? You know, like maybe Robert Downey Jr., Johnny Depp, etc… Not really. I find that when North Americans try to do English accents, they always sound like they are someone trying to do an English accent. Like, Depp and Downey aren't bad, but they sound like they are imitating somehow. Downey did an Australian accent in Tropic Thunder which sounded gay to be honest.
|
|