Words, Words, Words 12: English is a Foreign Language
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
- Have you ever thought about how weird it is that our oldest English literature is somehow...in another language? If you want to become a better communicator, understand your own history better, and just generally have an awesome time reading cool stories about knights and stuff, you could do no better than to read the great chivalric tales of the English past. But how to start? Today I'm embarking on a new Friday series that will answer that very question, for busy people who want to read Aurthurian romances and have time to play Prince of Persia.
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My English major heart is singing as I listen to this! Thank you, dear Spencer, for making me feel like I’m in university again. Loving “The New Jerusalem.”
I love Old English, and I want to try and learn it at some point.
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Would you like to learn Sanskrit?
@@paulthomas281 not particularly.
@@americanbard1721 Why not? Sanskrit will teach you everything there is to know about human language, and the connection between thought and speech. Pānini's grammar is the algorithmization of human speech and language. It is the greatest intellectual achievement before the scientific revolution.
@@paulthomas281 I just have no interest or cultural connection to the Sanscrit language. And, provided that your claims are true, I'm not so sure that creating an algorithm for human language and thought is something to be desired.
@paulthomas281 are you sure it teaches everything about language and the connection between thought and speech? I am no language scholar, but that seems unlikely.