Reports of the Death of English Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

by Aug 29, 2011Linguistics

Poor English has been dying since at least the 17th century.

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The Original Pronunciation for Shakespeare’s Plays

The Original Pronunciation for Shakespeare’s Plays

Well isn't this fascinating. Shakespeare's plays were pronounced significantly differently when they were originally performed. And we miss some humor and rhyming because of it. It is more than possible—and this video argues that it is pretty well universal—that...

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