@MILENITA1804 I just saw this. I've been away from YT for a while. Thank you for the compliment! I'm not qualified as you think though, and Old English is way out of my arena. I wish I could help!
you must know the translation, I just read your thingy on the upper right of this page. Ok so I never saw the inside of a dorm room. (dum auto mechanic)
I know the translation of the General Prologue, but just what is in the video. I only have two years of college myself, and the subject is fire science. Trust me, what I know about Chaucer can be written on the back of a postage stamp. ;-)
Listen, I wish I knew more about auto mechanics. What is under the hood is generally foreign territory to me except for the basics. The computer systems in vehicles now really amaze me, but mechanics amaze me even more. I'm not just saying that.
I don't have much school housin' , so experiencing somthing like this video is a bizzare wonderment to me. What world is this that a person would put so much work into a thing like that? Is it love of the thing? Do you understand the translation? I have heard of Chaucer but never new this Middle English was so foreign. So I bid you the nice and the good, and thegood and the nice.
The first time I heard Middle English, I was nearly astounded! I would have expected it to sound a bit more like Modern English, but some words do sound similar. Languages are interesting to me. I love to learn new things anyway so that's part of it, too. I wish I'd studied a foreign language more seriously, though. I seem to be more interested in history than anything else.
I bid you the nice and the good, and the good and the nice right back. Ha ha! Thanks for the sub, too, btw.
Oddly, I started thinking of a trip I made to a town on the North Sea coast where the locals still spoke Ostfrisisch. It sounds like the two would have been mutually intelligible.
Please forgive me for asking, Robert, but you are referring to a dialect of Low German, no? I am not a linguistic expert by a long shot, so I have to admit my ignorance now. I'm sorry! I just saw your channel description and subscribed based on that. I'm a 1:35 scale person myself, and worked for the U.S. Navy for years. My Mom worked for the USAF so I've been near the military (with love and admiration) for most all my life. :)
Ost Frisisch is considered a dialect of German, but it sounds as though it were more closely related to Dutch or English. Some of my German friends who spoke proper Schriftdeutsch found it nearly incomprehensible.
I'm glad to have made your acquaintance. Seems we have a bit more than I first thought in common.
Hey, watching your videos is now totally related to your homework. That means I'm not procrastinating anymore. All thanks to you. :P
This is a nice video. I bet I'll be looking at it again in the next few months as we get to Middle English in my History of the English Language class.
I'm not sure what to say. It was beautiful. It encourages me to pursue learning, realizing how limited I am, and how much I want to expand the old brain pan.
Well, JR, you've been tested severely this past year. You've been forced into a level of expertise on a road you never planned to travel. I think you're doing great for all that you've been through.
My next vid is going to be specifically for the kids, although this vid was for the kids too. I wanted you to hear Middle English, in case you'd never heard it before. The next vid will be about a project I want to start called "Earth Light 2007."
Not being a historian, or anything resembling a literatarian (is that a word?), Chaucer's works are to me borderline Gaelic, and impossible. (Hey, I am, after all, an engineer, and I've done well to conquer American Redneck.)
This recitation blew me away. It's obviously not your first trip around the block with early English dialects. Or your second, or third...
You're a gracious and kind person, Moosie. Although I made some mistakes, it's approximate enough to give a taste to those whom have never heard Middle English.
heey you`re veery good:) great job! i just want to ask u are u interested in translating some texts from Old English?
MILENITA1804 1 year ago
@MILENITA1804 I just saw this. I've been away from YT for a while. Thank you for the compliment! I'm not qualified as you think though, and Old English is way out of my arena. I wish I could help!
kalacaw 1 year ago
you must know the translation, I just read your thingy on the upper right of this page. Ok so I never saw the inside of a dorm room. (dum auto mechanic)
mitchcoop1 2 years ago
I know the translation of the General Prologue, but just what is in the video. I only have two years of college myself, and the subject is fire science. Trust me, what I know about Chaucer can be written on the back of a postage stamp. ;-)
Listen, I wish I knew more about auto mechanics. What is under the hood is generally foreign territory to me except for the basics. The computer systems in vehicles now really amaze me, but mechanics amaze me even more. I'm not just saying that.
kalacaw 2 years ago
I don't have much school housin' , so experiencing somthing like this video is a bizzare wonderment to me. What world is this that a person would put so much work into a thing like that? Is it love of the thing? Do you understand the translation? I have heard of Chaucer but never new this Middle English was so foreign. So I bid you the nice and the good, and thegood and the nice.
mitchcoop1 2 years ago
The first time I heard Middle English, I was nearly astounded! I would have expected it to sound a bit more like Modern English, but some words do sound similar. Languages are interesting to me. I love to learn new things anyway so that's part of it, too. I wish I'd studied a foreign language more seriously, though. I seem to be more interested in history than anything else.
I bid you the nice and the good, and the good and the nice right back. Ha ha! Thanks for the sub, too, btw.
kalacaw 2 years ago
Why do "youtube" people always do old english and middle english in german and dutch accents respectively.......?????
ha! it's jokes. - I'm sure you can do old english without mocking germans and you can do middle english without mocking the dutch.....
caltrane74 2 years ago
I doubt it. A lot of practice went into this video, and I knew I'd get it wrong in the final cut. haha! ;-)
kalacaw 2 years ago
My dutch girlkfriend understood the Middle English more than I did.I think I know why.
llewesa 2 years ago
I'm no expert by any stretch, I can tell you that. :)
kalacaw 2 years ago
cool! glad to see someone else into Chaucer. I'm responding with my recitation of the second-to-last portrait in the General Prologue.
Best,
David
dsbuchalter 3 years ago
I can't wait to see it! I am just reading my email this morning, and I notice that you've already made your video. I'm going there now.
kalacaw 3 years ago
Love your voice on this.
Oddly, I started thinking of a trip I made to a town on the North Sea coast where the locals still spoke Ostfrisisch. It sounds like the two would have been mutually intelligible.
leftysergeant 3 years ago
Please forgive me for asking, Robert, but you are referring to a dialect of Low German, no? I am not a linguistic expert by a long shot, so I have to admit my ignorance now. I'm sorry! I just saw your channel description and subscribed based on that. I'm a 1:35 scale person myself, and worked for the U.S. Navy for years. My Mom worked for the USAF so I've been near the military (with love and admiration) for most all my life. :)
Thank you so much for watching this!
kalacaw 3 years ago
Ost Frisisch is considered a dialect of German, but it sounds as though it were more closely related to Dutch or English. Some of my German friends who spoke proper Schriftdeutsch found it nearly incomprehensible.
I'm glad to have made your acquaintance. Seems we have a bit more than I first thought in common.
Shine on.
leftysergeant 3 years ago
Hey, watching your videos is now totally related to your homework. That means I'm not procrastinating anymore. All thanks to you. :P
This is a nice video. I bet I'll be looking at it again in the next few months as we get to Middle English in my History of the English Language class.
mrfrodothefluffy 4 years ago
Ah, then you will find out where I am making mistakes! HA!
kalacaw 4 years ago
so it sounded more like Dutch eh?
OrgManeuvDark 4 years ago
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lvxiaoshi123 4 years ago
Middle English is SO Beautiful. Thank You.
adamsfall 4 years ago
I enjoyed doing this video. I'd forgotten about it until you commented just now. Thanks for your kindness!
kalacaw 4 years ago
You are welcome. I really enjoy your channel.
adamsfall 4 years ago
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
VonRichter 4 years ago
A lady of very many talents!! ~HiGH HeaD JeSTeR~
highheadjester 4 years ago
yet another cool video kalacaw, always keep them coming :)
longdisturb 4 years ago
Thank you, longdisturb! I'm very honored that you watch my videos! You're very kind.
kalacaw 4 years ago
What a nice accent! rrthrrthrrthrrthrrrr
tskjolde 4 years ago
I made it up! Nah, I didn't make it up. Someone did, at some point, but I didn't. :-D
kalacaw 4 years ago
I'm not sure what to say. It was beautiful. It encourages me to pursue learning, realizing how limited I am, and how much I want to expand the old brain pan.
JRHulbret 5 years ago
Well, JR, you've been tested severely this past year. You've been forced into a level of expertise on a road you never planned to travel. I think you're doing great for all that you've been through.
kalacaw 4 years ago
Hey Kalacaw, much love from us in the UK to you :)
we think of you often :)
YankeeBrit07 5 years ago
I think of you too! Love and hugs to everyone!!!
kalacaw 4 years ago
Wow. Another cool reading. Was there an accent in there somewhere? :) Thought I heard one. Great video, mam. Take care.
ROMEDAWG
XVulcanRavenX 5 years ago
My next vid is going to be specifically for the kids, although this vid was for the kids too. I wanted you to hear Middle English, in case you'd never heard it before. The next vid will be about a project I want to start called "Earth Light 2007."
kalacaw 5 years ago
Not being a historian, or anything resembling a literatarian (is that a word?), Chaucer's works are to me borderline Gaelic, and impossible. (Hey, I am, after all, an engineer, and I've done well to conquer American Redneck.)
This recitation blew me away. It's obviously not your first trip around the block with early English dialects. Or your second, or third...
Sweetly done, Kally.
Mooser
anmoose 5 years ago
You're a gracious and kind person, Moosie. Although I made some mistakes, it's approximate enough to give a taste to those whom have never heard Middle English.
kalacaw 5 years ago