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Hearing Norm in the mix

I take an even harder line. I refuse to acknowledge any one has any accent at all, nor even that they make any noise with their mouth, unless they are physically speaking right at me and I can see their face. Even then it’s quite grudging. And I only really believe in the exact phoneme they are making at that moment. Anything else is absurdly credulous. Furthermore, by the end of a CZcams video I no longer believe that were any sounds at the start.

ngl thought this was dylan obrien

1886 is Great Yahhrmouth accent to a T.

Amazing, thank you. So interesting.

“Let us have a reckoning” would today be a response to “let’s have a pint of wine”

nice work

Simon mate we English have never had Americans accent why would we 😂 I feel really insulted by that we English our proud Anglo Saxon descendants and I really respect you for being able to speak in our ancestors native language I been learning but I’m no where as good as you ✊🏻👍🏻

Im from Worcester England an old City my wife says some of my words sound 14th cent, like for instane Ark, means listen where im from.

Youl be talking in Pakistan soon that will be few years time everyone will be going ting ting a ting ting

1:35 Mi fadir wosevir cladinolwoolfrumasheraviyaadinwozyong, ehfulrediennevirfolapaht ehh thosskinshedinmotenderr handawolonwastentabooten enwisadondaifatir, yawullhatmotsss, hatmotssindish…eh…indeahmzz

Why was the first thing the 1823 one reminded of Tyrian from Game of Thrones?

What does it mean when the "vowels are starting to break" like in, "goose"?

Man I'd be so screwed if i went back in time

Who else misses those 1300s summer bangers ?

You mentioned "The Big English Sound Change Algorithm." What exactly did you mean by this?

The haircut is also from 14 century?

The 1500s was where I could get the gist of the dialogue, but had to very actively listen (though bits were still inde​ci​pher​able to me lol) It wasn't till the 1700s, that I could comfortably and passively listen and know all being said.

8:15 i assume its /ð/ -> /d/ like in AAVE (i think). Then /d/ -> /t/

Perfect hobby for a vampire....

The accents and tone of voice when reading the script is so ASMR 😍

Crows picking out eyes of casted ewes is still a common problem.

They all sound like a combination of Geordie, Irish and Jamaican!

“The listening section isn’t that hard” *The listening section…*

That poison ivy ar the beginning already making me itch. If that is poison ivy.

I don't have much use for 16c English, but I sure could learn a thing or two about haggling from this man!

The veto and the UN being in NY made the UN still born. How undemocratic.

US politicians have been absolutely corrupted. The USA is now a colony of Israel

Surely American Colonialist sounded like the part of Britain they came from. The Plymouth pilgrims spoke from those from Southern England. Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire.

10:19 finally an explanation! I hear this (near speech impediment to American ears) accent often in interviews or with uk actors and had no idea how it came about. But it is very obvious, unmistakable. Thank you.

Have you ever read the Bible

Fascinating. Have you considered doing a film about the emergence of the accent of the English "ruling classes"? From what I understand, from around 1000 to around 1500, regional accents were very diverse and there was little or no difference in accent based on class. But somewhere between 1500 and (say) the mid 1800s, the distinct "ruling classes" accent emerged, but it's not clear how or why. Probably the public schools had a role in it but maybe there was a Hanoverian influence, in that people would show they were "in" with the monarch by adopting the accent of the King or Queen. And then likely the BBC hardened this into RP's grip over broadcast media. So, paradoxically, there was NOT a ruling classes accent at the heights of feudalism in the Plantagenet era; but one did emerge in parallel to England (and then Britain) becoming a parliamentary democracy. There's not much I can find about this so I wonder what you might be able to piece together.

When I read the Proto-Germanic word [ haɪ̯m ], I knew where the series would go, because this beautiful word is still preserved in the German language with the same meaning. I love it very much, it has a deep, ancient sound.

Hi Simon, thank you for your wonderful videos. I'm amazed at your skill in providing us with so many 'accents'! It was very tricksy of you to make 2 different recordings of your 'river management' tape, but I'm pleased to find that I did hear that correctly. I did wonder whether I'd heard it right and went back over them to make sure and then you told us! Thank you, that confirms that I"m not yet gone mad!

1886 relates so much to me is that is when British started stealing Indian lands seriously. $45 trillion stolen for learning English. Quite an expensive lesson😮

moths sounds like german

Turned this one on at 5:30 CST lol

i loved this!! the idea of grandfathers passing down stories to their grandsons, then hearing those grandsons passing down their stories, beautiful.

1770s to 1840s is basically an Australian accent. Strange to think that an entire nation in 2024 still sounds pretty much like the convicts of the First Fleet did

The linguistic field that studies these kinds of things is called Pragmatics.

“When I was younger…” 😅😊🇺🇸

I didn’t understand anything in 1466 except “look John, I’m sorry, my horse ran away!” 😂😂😅

Wait this is you talking!? 😳

THE HORSE KILLED THE DOG?! WHY ARE YOU TELLING US SUCH SAD SRORIES?!

Mario games

I think I would have been able to appreciate the subtle changes more if it had been the same story told for each era.

*If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you.... prevent inflation*

Great vid as ever Simon, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the geordie dialect, it's often touted as the closest to old English (correctly or incorrectly) there are some old remnants for sure, differentiating between something which moves but does not travel and something which does indeed travel ginnin and gannin. More pitmatic than geordie tbh but but 'thou' still exists in County Durham too.

very interesting

I’ve played enough video games to know this is how they used to sound.