SolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1422file-text
arrow-up1422imageDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldSolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAmidFuror@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPeople must have been so confused when the languages switched after the Battle of Hastings.
minus-squareSquare Singer@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAll these cut-offs between different stages of a language are lines drawn in the sand, centuries after the fact. And the Normans invading England had a massive influence on the language. Of course not immediately, but really fast. I didn’t invent that, I just took that from Wikipedia. According to Wiki, some people put the cut-off at ~1100, which would make sense too.
minus-squareAmidFuror@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOk, well then I won’t have to ask who the first human mated with, then.
People must have been so confused when the languages switched after the Battle of Hastings.
All these cut-offs between different stages of a language are lines drawn in the sand, centuries after the fact.
And the Normans invading England had a massive influence on the language. Of course not immediately, but really fast.
I didn’t invent that, I just took that from Wikipedia. According to Wiki, some people put the cut-off at ~1100, which would make sense too.
Ok, well then I won’t have to ask who the first human mated with, then.