Is this even English?

[@anonymousstout4759]

I wisheth english still sounds liketh this

[@G2000TEK]

I'd love it

[@t0q14s9]

I wisheth english besoundeth in such likeness yet

[@areyouwelldoyouhavebrainda640]

This is Early Modern English also called Elizabethan english or Shakesperean English. It is a precursor to our modern english.

[@somedude151]

barely though.. the pronunciaton is modernized and doesnt have as much vocabulary

[@G2000TEK]

Epic, was this in your recommended?

[@somedude151]

@@G2000TEK nope i looked it up

[@G2000TEK]

Oh 👌

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Isn't shakespearean a separate thing?

[@prisoner1673]

welcome to the painted world of Ariandel, now GTFO

[@jamesarthurkimbell]

It's funny because the language in DS1 is nonsense, just "eth" and "est" added on to random words trying to sound cool, but the language in DS3 is perfectly correct. Yes, I had this video recommended to me years later for mysterious reasons.

[@G2000TEK]

I have no idea why this video is still being recommended, but thank you! :)

[@oddlang687]

While I think DS3 is generally better at accurately using Early Modern English than DS1, there are still errors. For example, in this dialogue Sister Friede says "thou seemeth not" which is incorrect. It should be "thou seemest not."

[@jamesarthurkimbell]

@@oddlang687 Yeah, I've noticed a few even in Elden Ring, like where Ranni says "thine" in places that call for "thy." It's still leaning toward words that seem fancier.

[@chaoticstarfish3401]

Thankfully for Dark Souls, its universe and characters are fictional, so their English doesn't need to be correct. Clearly their alphabet is completely different than ours; maybe their spoken language is just very similar to English, but not quite the same. Is it a contrived excuse for a poorly researched language? Probably, but it's a plausible theory nonetheless.

[@theonefrancis696]

Returnst fromst whencest thoust camst

[@AmritZoad]

"For that is your place of belonging." I have died to Friede so many times I remember it by heart.

[@G2000TEK]

You can do it don't give up!

[@jordanwarner8416]

Y’all should read more books if you think this doesn’t sound like English

[@G2000TEK]

I completed the books, now I have big brain

[@aleshofastora440]

Hmmmmm, hmm, hm? Hmmmm

[@scarlletnull2811]

Got this recommended 5 years later

[@Hoarding_Bug]

same

[@G2000TEK]

I have no idea why or how but I'm not complaining 👍

[@123nicanor]

my bro, ths video got recommended to me in 2024 because I was still listening to DS3 Main menu theme

[@G2000TEK]

I have no idea how that works but I'm not complaining! Thank you KZbin! 👍

[@poprex415]

Woooh this is kind of heart warming because I hardly understood most dialogues in the souls series as an English learner.

[@G2000TEK]

💪

[@alienbutlerblunders5464]

Crisp and gorgeous early modern English. Huge Kudos to Fromsoftware for adding so many British accents (Scottish, Cockney), and Eastern European accents, etc. Such a feast of fantastic voice actors, and amazing and mysterious dialogue. Imagine the dread and horror of a badass undead boss having a Southern US accent: 'Y'all be tresspassin' down in my grave nawh, d'y hear?'

[@Maybe.019]

One of the best recommendations ever

[@G2000TEK]

Thank you!

[@bobjohnson6946]

It's more English than the shit people say these days. "On god, oh hood cuz, yall be tripping" Nigga what?

[@donlad]

She's warning you to quit poking around in the painted world. For the safety of her home, leave any dark secrets unknown, if you wish its heart to remain beating.

[@G2000TEK]

Thank you!

[@RibbyCribby]

This mf failed his reading tests

[@G2000TEK]

Yeh

[@powerpuch9342]

Love when characters using "thee" and "thy". It sounds so poetic and just cool. I am also curious: english isn't my native language and I wonder how people would react, for example, in USA or UK when you'll using this English in public?

[@G2000TEK]

I think it would be a bit awkward

[@ElBlocko]

I can't help but wonder if it's still pronounced "s" and not literally "eth" to terminate a word, so "seeks" instead of "seeketh". We don't know what Shakesperian English actually sounded like since it predates sound recordings by a good 250 years or so, and "eth" did eventually morph into "s" in writing. I don't know; I still think people literally pronouncing the "eth" while trying to speak Ye Olde Englishe is silly. Also this showed up in my recommended for some reason, so there.

[@HattaTHEZulZILLA86]

Giving players free control of the camera during story conversations is a mistake. I NEVER enjoyed watching the livestreams of this game because the majority of players NEVER let the camera sit still for more than two seconds. If they became a cameraman in any movie and they behave like this, they'll get fired on the spot.

[@G2000TEK]

Fair enough, and thank you for your comment! In some games the audio changes if you rotate the camera and for example in those games it's fun to play around with it. Also when you listen to the same conversation so many times it starts to get boring, so it's normal to play around with the camera. I understand that it's annoying to watch someone else do it, but it's fun if you do it yourself (or maybe not for you at least). If such a small thing annoys you then I recommend just playing the game yourself cause it's an incredible game 👍

[@arhamsaa]

@@G2000TEK That's the reason I found it particularly annoying, that you kept moving the camera so her voice was coming from different sides every 10 milliseconds.

[@Barry-v3r]

​@@arhamsaayou do realize watching a live stream of dark souls isn't supposed to be an immersive story experience

[@minespatch]

I usually move the camera slowly so I can get different angles.

[@G2000TEK]

I love that this is still going strong 👍

[@LordDeBahs]

sounds natural for some reason and english is not even my native

[@mikehunt6649]

It's beautiful English

[@subject_of_ymir]

For me it is.

[@MathisEEZ]

Pretty comprehensible, but nothing compared to the talking cat Alvina in the first game.

[@guythathatesbull462]

Want me to translate or what? Lmfao.

[@G2000TEK]

Nah it's okay, I now realise 5 years later that it's, indeed, still English 😆

[@schuylerleithulfr788]

Are you serious?

[@G2000TEK]

I guess? I don't know, what are you asking?

[@Pontheon.]

@@G2000TEK the fact that you don't know Shakespearian english...

[@G2000TEK]

I apologise for the inconvenience caused

[@crusader5256]

To see "thou seemeth not" is in fact not english, for 'twould be "thou seemst not". I speak like this in my daily life.

[@hadriennostrenoff9135]

I was thinking the same, isn't -th technically found in the third person singular?

[@randomguyodst46]

It’s basic English bro 😅

[@G2000TEK]

My bad bro, thought it wasn't the basic one

[@TheFlick175]

Is this a meme? Can people really not understand what shes saying

[@G2000TEK]

Yes that's right

[@LordDeBahs]

not easy to uderstand for non native english speaker . i still have hard time understand people from jamaica and broken english from people in asia

[@leepicgamer69]

this is so clear and easy to understand what are you talking about

[@G2000TEK]

I don't know bro, it was a while ago 😅

[@leepicgamer69]

​@@G2000TEKe eh fair enough. I can see if it might be a little difficult, especially if English isnt your first language

[@bryan-hy6ej]

Im learning english, but when I played Dark Souls I was like, WTF is this? Is this english? WTF is "thy" and "thee"? Dark Souls is not good to practice.

[@weereerw6119]

He him his They them their Thou thee thy Ye you your Thou'rt welcome

[@minespatch]

Imagine Oswald of Carim saying this. 😆@@weereerw6119

[@aryaeliadel3094]

For me it is because i learnt old english in "LLCE" so english litterature and it is my favourite english. i love fromsoft for that. the old english.

[@madokachan]

i was once like you, but when i found out the meaning, i turned out to be a little too fascinated after discovering what "thy" and "thou" were, and now, as consequence, it has become a slight obsession of mine

[@aryaeliadel3094]

same XD@@madokachan

[@ianorellana3959]

She speaking straight Swahili

[@G2000TEK]

Nah now I know that it's actually indeed English 😆

[@StrawberryCalcite]

Hello

[@G2000TEK]

Hello

[@dlkazo6135]

whithersoever thou shalt goest thy sun will always shine upon you

[@G2000TEK]

Yes

[@dlkazo6135]

@@G2000TEK in witness whereof i have hereunto set my hand affixed my seal this

[@G2000TEK]

Exactly

[@tfhud4398]

Hi

[@G2000TEK]

Hi

[@G.Kaemmerer]

This is old Englisch, which was spoken until 13-14th century

[@kukifitte7357]

no, this is actually pretty modern relatively speaking. 13-14th would be middle english. Heres an excerpt: "Whan that April with his showres soote The droughte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veine in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flowr; Whan Zephyrus eek with his sweete breethe Inspired hath in every holt and heethe The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halve cours yronne, And smale fowles maken melodye That sleepen al the night with open y6-- So priketh hem Nature in hir corages-- Thanne langen folk to goon on pilgrimages, And palmeres for to seeken straunge strondes To ferne halwes, couthe in sondry londes; And specially from every shires ende Of Engelond to Canterbury they wende, The holy blisful martyr for to seeke That hem hath holpen whan that they were seke."

[@G2000TEK]

I love it! ❤️