SolidGrue to No Stupid [email protected]English • edit-22 years 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-square116fedilinkarrow-up1433
arrow-up1433imageDo 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 to No Stupid [email protected]English • edit-22 years agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-squareAmidFurorlinkfedilink1•2 years agoPeople must have been so confused when the languages switched after the Battle of Hastings.
minus-squareSquare Singerlinkfedilink2•2 years 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-squareAmidFurorlinkfedilink1•2 years 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.