[PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION] Interview with an Anglo-Saxon in Old English

[@pac-ice-tan806]

Microsoft Windows: select Language English (UK) English (US) English (Anglo Saxon) ✔️

[@Hels_Angels]

🤣💖👍👍👍

[@jakoda2514]

Why does that option even exist lmao

[@williaml.willowfield2220]

Ænglisch*

[@pac-ice-tan806]

@@williaml.willowfield2220 LOL😝

[@bleedingmasque.6193]

@I WILL EAT YOUR KIDS HeE hEe Aye.

[@teenyweenykiwi]

That moment when you need to translate English into English.

[@aidy6000]

A lot of British Dialects are like that.

[@connorpusey5912]

Old English wasn’t really what we would call English these days. It was more like a precursor to it. It was like a language that evolved _into_ what we know as English.

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

Honestly, this is about as easy to understand as a deep Southern accent in the USA.

[@australian1018]

@@connorpusey5912 Then what about English in a 1000 years, that wil have changed and still be English.

[@captain-chair]

@@connorpusey5912 Like American English...

[@amarat.]

Sounds like a danish guy who got drunk, moved to Germany, had a stroke, and then forgot danish, went to college in Scotland, than relearned danish, then he put on a sheet and went in a time machine

[@jessicawang6558]

As an American, I’m a bit concerned of your timeline of getting drunk before going to college in Scotland

[@amarat.]

Jessica Wang naturally you’ll get drunk in Scotland. That’s a given

[@anhlenhat5135]

ADFGHJLLGSADHKLG

[@amarat.]

Anh Lê Nhật whæt

[@berguaFuture]

It does sound like that! Greetings from Denmark :)

[@charlieackla2945]

My brain: *Is this English?* Me: *yesn't*

[@UstashaMe84]

This comment is Gold! 🤣

[@christopherjoppy8502]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@XumolsTV]

It actually sounds like English back in the days when I didn't know English

[@ZnenTitan]

Back when I was a kid (At the dawn of time) I found myself in the odd position of hearing my family talk without being able to understand just what they were saying, and I swear it sounded for all the world like Dutch or something. And I said to myself "this is what it must be like to hear but not speak English."

[@Anonimus693]

Exactly =)

[@bambilove1897]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@paulmarin6380]

😂😂

[@raixuh]

Had the same feeling 😂

[@timothycook4782]

Now this is what I call immersive journalism

[@herrklamm1454]

True Gonzo

[@mkuc6951]

@@herrklamm1454 hahaha Gonzo time traveller journalism

[@boris-fv751]

"not an actual anglo-saxon, it's me in a sheet" best description

[@mal_3157]

To be fair I wouldn’t be surprised if Simon was an actual Anglo-Saxon

[@augustjschroeder]

Lol I love how he's just like "I have 100 sheep, some cattle, what else... Oh yeah a wife, too!"

[@maxpulido4268]

Don't tell er a forgot again

[@BronzeTheSling]

I love him! Protect him forever.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Priorities 😉

[@hefeibao]

This is the best comment - needs to be pinned!

[@reoreborn]

"DISCLAIMER: This obviously isn't an actual Anglo-Saxon, it's me in a sheet. " Best video disclaimer ever lmao

[@blkgardner]

Did snopes confirm that, though?

[@m.williams2619]

No kidding, thank you for alerting me to this gem.

[@adeptshadowprice394]

Ay I got tha 999 likes to 1k

[@nspector]

Really.

[@manuelminch7184]

Fuck I was high and I thought these ppl still live in remote parts of England or some shit

[@patrickmuller4953]

German here: I can understand him better when I accept this as a german dialect as If I'd try to understand it as english.

[@andryuu_2000]

Actually it is a low German dialect lmao

[@patrickmuller4953]

@@andryuu_2000 Of Course. I just wanted to describe that thinking in german tongue, makes it easier to understand than thinking in english.

[@SnowmanAgent]

Ja ! Du hast Recht, verrückte Sache.

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

as or than I'm confused English isn't my native language

[@patrickmuller4953]

@@huskiehuskerson5300 as and than are sometimes a bit tricky for me as well, because both are in german "als".

[@sharpshooter012345]

This is what the doctor's hand writing sounds like.

[@ToolforOffice]

Nice

[@ToastGreeting]

Holy shit bro you posted this from 40 years ago

[@神林しマイケル]

40 years ago? Damn I feel so old.

[@DreginyReacts]

Clever name

[@somebody1241]

I think same in every country

[@zojo1498]

This is the best impresonation of a documentary i have ever seen.

[@XneverstopfightingX]

This has the same energy as that “what English sound like to non English speakers” video.

[@darpanpatel8023]

Indeed!

[@zefanyalt5944]

TRUE

[@michaelmartin9022]

What British English sounds like to people learning English from some CD that's in slowly spoken US "RP".

[@drinkwater247]

i think its some other european country

[@AS-mw6pw]

XneverstopfightingX probably what Scottish sounds like to non-English speakers

[@kittyterula]

Genuinely looks like you've pulled an unwitting time-traveller from a river and he confusedly agreed to an interview

[@insanelyawesam1420]

This deserves more likes...

[@jiznimore]

exactly, I was like "do they still live there in some secluded places like tribes in Polinesia (or how you write it)"

[@BestKCL]

@@jiznimore Polynesia no longer has any secluded tribes lol. You're thinking of Indonesia, the Amazon, pygmy Africa and Papua

[@johe64]

That's what I was thinking! lol

[@selladore4911]

ikr

[@alexlongthorne2150]

I teach English in Japan. Today my English club kids were suddenly very interested in old English so I played this for them. They really enjoyed it, thanks!

[@---zx9zf]

Wholesome

[@meganscureman]

Which program did you go through, Alex? Also, this made me smile. Thank you!

[@alexlongthorne2150]

@@meganscureman I'm on JET living in Kyoto right now! It's a really long process from beginning the application to arriving, with a lot of random hoops to jump through and drawn out uncertainty... but ultimately absolutely worth it based on my own experience!

[@SuburbanDruid64]

I feel like learning the old version of your native language is like when you "prestige" in some of C.O.D. games. You've mastered Japanese, now try *old* Japanese! *OG Godzilla sound* Native English speaker? Try *OLD English*!! *explosion sound*

[@chillmint1726]

It is not real. He mentioned it in the description.

[@djcarlos687]

Old English is a really beautiful language, I would like it to be revived ... And this whole simon seems to me to be a pretty cool guy!

[@strange4107]

Learn Dutch! It's closest to the old germanic languages. Maybe even danish...

[@vhgiv]

Yeap learning German helps too

[@mokkaveli]

@@strange4107 as a native English speaker there is a lot of Dutch words that I can understand. Most Dutch I feel like I should be able to understand, but it’s as if I’ve just had a stroke and get the sentiment but not the meaning

[@mariotoro6927]

@@strange4107 even better, Icelandic

[@JeffreyB1983]

Imagine pressing 1 for English and getting that guy for the help desk.

[@benedictpsamuelr]

😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@TheStickCollector]

"Sorry, 1 for old english 4 for middle english 9 for modern english"

[@JillWouters]

@@TheStickCollector which modern English though? OUR modern English or Shakespeare's modern English?

[@TheStickCollector]

@@JillWouters ours Maybe 7 should be for Shakespeare

[@cringeman4199]

Ikr!

[@bradwooldidge6979]

I feel that I should be able to understand him, but I can’t.

[@katiefly5901]

YES. THANK YOU.

[@kaziu312]

Well, he's a farmer with 100 sheep.

[@gford8551]

@@kaziu312 zoom....right over their heads

[@NJtheawesome]

You probably need to know German and combine it with English

[@ernestpetu5691]

@SomeRandomGuy that really makes sense

[@ThumpingThromnambular]

That's incredible acting. This video almost had me fooled that there was potentially a pocket of folks who still spoke old english. Like unwitting amish.

[@TheLYagAmi]

It took me a long time to figure out it was the same guy doing both the acting and asking the questions from behind the camera. What is also fascinating to me is his mannerisms throughout the video at 00:51 chewing the twig really sold it.

[@jumpiko4553]

ARTOROBOTO {TV} what how do you know?

[@FLmanActual]

yea i thought the UK had their own version of the amish.

[@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343]

Not in England but actually theres a small island In america where they do

[@PockASqueeno]

Wait, it’s not real??

[@toomaskarmo9435]

One of the best things on KZbin: creative, instructive, sensitive. Please don't stop. Ic þancie þē, þæt is gōd. - (signed) Toomas Karmo, in Nõo Rural Municipality, Estonia

[@samedman1]

Fluent in Dutch here. Sounds like a dutchman who had a stroke.

[@Syndixal]

My grandmother was German, And she said Dutch is just a German who had a stroke 😂😂

[@buttnuttz6119]

samed halafi if old English is a mixture of English and Danish, that means we should call it Danglish

[@Syndixal]

Buttnuttz as an Irish person it sounds a bit of Irish/gaelic as well

[@Syndixal]

nickxxv 😂😂😂

[@athelstandukeofdunham4843]

@nickxxv 😂😂😂😂

[@joaogomes9405]

"Can you speak any new english at all?" "Nhyeawuh"

[@Schwarzorn]

Uhh...... I don’t think that’s how you spell *né*

[@joaogomes9405]

@@Schwarzorn The next thing I'm about to tell you may come as a surprise, but there's these things called jokes. And one type of these joke things is hyperbole. And this is one of those.

[@Schwarzorn]

Beepus McBumpus Well, that’s a pretty bad joke. An exaggeration of something funny to make it funnier, I get. But it wasn’t funny to begin with, and one can only exaggerate to a certain extent before it stops making sense and the connection is lost.

[@Schwarzorn]

Beepus McBumpus Well, that’s a pretty bad joke. An exaggeration of something funny to make it funnier, I get. But it wasn’t funny to begin with, and one can only exaggerate to a certain extent before it stops making sense and the connection is lost.

[@joaogomes9405]

@@Schwarzorn Wow, such an interesting point you felt the need to post it twice for added emphasis. Humour is subjective, I'm glad you didn't like my joke and felt compelled to explain why you think it's not a good joke. 223 other people seemed to like it though, so that's nice.

[@janeadelaidelennox7193]

I left auto play on and woke up from a nap to this. Thought I’d had a stroke

[@savannahrose4447]

Jane Adelaide Lennox AHAHHHHH

[@KingOfShenanigan]

Literally laughed out loud 😂💀

[@robertallen6710]

I woke up and discovered I had crapped my pants in my sleep...

[@EastyOfficial]

I’m fucking dying.

[@AS-mw6pw]

Jane Adelaide Lennox hahahaha

[@themax2571]

I'm Flemish (northern part of Belgium) and my dialect sounds very much the same as old English, I can understand quite a lot of it. Before the French influence (1066 French invasion) English sounded very differently, more Germanic. I can easily understand old English, especially when I see it in written.

[@deathonion404]

French didn't really affect English grammar and pronunciation apart from vocabulary and a few things like counting

[@DieterRahm1845]

@@deathonion404 I'm sure you're ricgt about the grammar thing, but it changed from the middle ages till now losing a lot of Germanic caractheristics and becoming much easier and simplier than it was before.

[@deathonion404]

@@DieterRahm1845 yep, I agree

[@gorkzop]

The (true) Flemish had much contact and trade with the English. The people from Brabant (east of the Schelde/Antwerpen/Brussels) ironically also sound much different since linguistical they don't speak Flemish but brabantic and have more in common with people in north-brabants as compared to west-flanders

[@oliveranderson7264]

@@gorkzop I don’t know about “true” Flemish but my father speaks a West Flemish dialect which is spoken on the coastal areas of Belgium and you’re correct in saying that the language spoken there has a lot of similarities with English because of loanwords and similar phonological developments. In comparison, Brabantian dialects spoken in Southern Flanders have had a lot more influence from French

[@clippedwings225]

He really does a good job acting like he's having a lot of trouble with Modern English pronunciation, even looking embarrassed.

[@mariaminghi4297]

it’s acting???

[@clippedwings225]

@@mariaminghi4297 Yeah, nobody really speaks Old English as their main language anymore. This man is just Simon Roper dressed in a sheet and acting.

[@von6058]

read the description

[@zyaicob]

And him giving up on the rhotic r issue was brilliant

[@expansivegymnast1020]

For real. This guy is killing it as an actor.

[@isaacezekielthecolorblindg7343]

The fact he looks uncomfortable makes it believable

[@marienemozzarella8502]

Yeah

[@austindavid1862]

Yeah

[@SituationNormalAint]

Yeah

[@Hintaqa]

Yeah

[@nope1083]

Yeæ

[@ebob4177]

Yep, you actually sound like a real person, not someone playing a character from Beowulf. Nice.

[@simonroper9218]

I appreciate that, that's pretty much what I was going for! With ancient languages, there are so few attempts on KZbin to speak them as a native speaker might.

[@MajesticSkywhale]

@@simonroper9218 mate you might've discovered an amazing new GENRE of history/linguistic videos. Seriously consider doing more like this or even more involved with dialogues with other history/linguistics youtubers that would be good at something like this. History with Hilbert would be the first that comes to mind for me I guess. This gave me about a million ideas because this period of English history is so poorly remembered

[@gonefishing6337]

@@simonroper9218 They actually said nej? Like a Swedish person?

[@ebob4177]

@@gonefishing6337 seems so hmm? I mean, the Dutch say "nee" and the English themselves used to say "nay".

[@patrickturner6878]

@@simonroper9218 Yeah. I agree with Roper. This is a genre.

[@ms_minna]

It’s so interesting how old English has many words from Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and some Icelandic sounding words too. I can understand roughly about 70% of this tbh. 👍🏼

[@leod-sigefast]

It had no words from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. They are modern languages. Old English was almost 100% Old English

[@BETOETE]

mourn for the Anglo Saxon tongue (not "language"), what we are speaking right now is mostly french with a layer of ?Germanic words.

[@gametmane1093]

Yeah, the Danes invaded England and estalblished control in a part of England of what is known as the Danelaw.

[@tirididjdjwieidiw1138]

it’s because of cognates.

[@user-jx1rs5my4u]

sounds more like German. Now it makes sense it is a Germanic language.

[@jamesp.3220]

As I took German in High School; I can understand about 85%-90% of it.

[@invhest77]

Yes, the fact that Englisch is like it is nowadays is because of the normand invasion and the French language. It was through the Norman conquest that the English lost their germanic roots.

[@jasper677]

James Johansson frisian, an northwest german dialect is 99% similar to this

[@nieczerwony]

Well Anglo-Saxons were germanic tribes who conquered todays England terrains in about V century. All them Islandia beleonged to Celts.

[@tayk5078]

@@jamesp.3220 Im German and that's a pretty bold estimation.

[@ellierose6]

The song was really nice but you promised him you wouldn't tell.

[@theressomuchtowaitforseein3465]

Just what I thought! Now everyone knows!

[@sanoorpradhan]

Jeliza Rose check the vid description

[@mostsacredangel]

im trying to know the songs name, someone knows?

[@EmdrGreg]

@@mostsacredangel Check the Wikipedia article on Yggdrasil, probably the name of the ash tree. The song sounds like one of the verses from the poetic 'edda': I know that I hung on a windy tree nine long nights, wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run. I bet that earlier or later verses in the same poem mention the bird. Odin is talking about having sacrificed himself 'to himself' on the ash tree. Maybe the song exists someplace just as Simon presents it, but I don't know where.

[@mostsacredangel]

@@EmdrGreg this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHOzen-XgrloZs0

[@50shekels]

Danish person here: This sounds like someone trying to speak Danish but are doing so underwater

[@leoaraujo8590]

wait isnt danish the one that sounds that it's being spoken underwater?

[@50shekels]

Leo Araujo you got the whole squad laughing

[@leoaraujo8590]

no problem mate, I know my sense of humour is fucked because I decided to learn Norwegian instead of Danish.

[@williamnexo12]

@@leoaraujo8590 yeah, you gotta start with the basics

[@leoaraujo8590]

@@williamnexo12 Sorry if I'm not into saying "2,5*20" just to say "50", i rather stick with "femti"

[@Gabriel-sr1ld]

DISCLAIMER: This obviously isn't an actual Anglo-Saxon, it's me in a sheet.

[@ETB3341]

But your name's Gabriel, not Baldric!

[@skyler1887]

@@ETB3341 read the video description

[@ETB3341]

​@@skyler1887 I know thats what the description says lol.

[@paulm6529]

"DISCLAIMER: This obviously isn't an actual Anglo-Saxon, it's me in a sheet" Oooh, god. Thank you for explaining. I was totally confused.

[@paulm6529]

@Steven Moore it did not! I was actually thinking about time travelling, indeed. But then read this, so everything got clear. Fascinating!

[@user-ws2zq8rq2o]

I know nothing about england history and i firstly thought its a tribe or something

[@laypyu]

The acting was so good that he really looked lost. Imagine waking up to a different world. Damn!

[@RealHugga]

Why do you have over 900 likes and no comment until now?

[@theinfamousbigslurp618]

Imagine waking up in a cart and hearing “hey you you’re finally awake”

[@pumpkinfaerie]

The Infamous Big Slurp I-

[@ericko5232]

-Can you speak any new English at all? -Nyeh -Would you like to learn? Me: DON'T CORRUPT HIM!

[@highgroundproductions8590]

Nyet

[@VedantMishra55]

@@highgroundproductions8590 😂😂

[@simonkaggwanjala6873]

Gayy

[@vishnnuvijay9096]

@@highgroundproductions8590 quay porqos ter catalan

[@highgroundproductions8590]

@@vishnnuvijay9096 I don't speak catalan

[@marieboutin9054]

An amazing video. Very well played. The young man who is an Anglo Saxon speaks Old English in a perfect way, using the idioms of that time. Very impressive

[@benbennit]

Post brexit we will all start speaking like this.

[@demonikreaper6139]

Immediately. The moment it happens. The moment the bill passes. 😂

[@DameOfDiamonds]

Fuck yes, i wanna fucking speak like that

[@FlorianHuberFH]

then you will speak more close to german

[@GooberedON]

I'm down

[@calvinstulip]

That would be AWESOME.

[@saintjiub8202]

Me, a german who learned english and also speak icelandic, almost understand everything he is saying. Interesting.

[@wildrain8602]

Not surprised. That's awesome man.

[@vdagr8795]

All 3 of those languages are germanic

[@zetaleonis4745]

Me, a English/Irish/Scottish tatie, welcomes your pure self

[@Harry-om5lm]

Well the Anglo Saxon era in England was a time when Germanic languages ruled ruled of the regions till Norman

[@lllxxcvhvvb8017]

Was gehhtttt

[@times-n-seasons]

I'm a german living in Norway with roots to the netherlands. I definitely hear all three languages. This is awesome!

[@LEDDi_Matth7-7]

Ich habe auch Niederländische Wurzeln, lebe in Norddeutschland an der DK Grenze, ich höre auch 3 sprachen :)

[@HoFabii]

Same here, northern german. Sounds a bit like the closely related low german, Plattdeutsch.

[@martingarciaarvidson6684]

All non-latin languages come from Germanic that's why the further back you go the closer they are to being the exact same language literally

[@hopclang9409]

@@martingarciaarvidson6684 erm no. Celtic and Hungarian certainly do not. As they predate Scandinavian and Latin languages.

[@martingarciaarvidson6684]

@@hopclang9409 yea ok there are obviously exceptions, but the vast majority of non-latin European languages.

[@levi4979]

As a Dutchman I recognise more of what he's saying from my Dutch experience than my English experience.

[@buster117]

You like to learn? Anglo-Saxon: Yæòú

[@joedragich]

😂

[@livedandletdie]

He did say Jà. not Yæó...

[@quickfruits6963]

🤣🤣🤣

[@spacekadet12]

buster117 😂😂😂😂😂

[@takeurpills6024]

The Major oof

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

Strange how language is always changing over time. Even if you watch a film from the 1930's, you can hear how the accents and the words they use are a little different from today.

[@arthas640]

That's partially because alot of movies and radio programs made before the 50s and 60s used the "mid-atlantic accent" which was a fake accent designed to be easily understood by all anglo-sphere countries (mainly the US and UK) by sort of blending the two together. It wasnt a real accent but began partially as an "upper crust" way of speaking taught in boarding schools and bled into radio and theater. Soem other accents we associate with the time like "gangster/mobster speak" was also popular in movies and was heavily an exaggerated inner city new york accent. If you watch some old movie bloopers from the 30s and 40s you'll hear people breaking character and going from "30s speak" to a more normal accent. Accents do change alot after major events, like radio and TV killed off alot of regional accents as the world opened up and old borders were eroded (a person in Boston now watch TV from New York and movies from LA instead of just being exposed to other Bostoners for example) and English did have a HUGE shift after the Norman invasion though. It basically became "German translated by French people" which is how the word "Knight" got a silent "K" whereas it used to be spoken like the "Knecht" as in "Landsknecht".

[@nottreblinka4119]

Ah so that explains why its the same guy doing every commercial and propaganda shit

[@nickmatsnev1676]

@@arthas640 i think you should post this comment in the main section as I'm sure many people will find it interesting

[@badbadfull]

@@arthas640 Very interesting, thank you for this comment.

[@user-bj3jn1sq7y]

Yes. In the era you are talking about they rolled their “R’s” more as well.

[@luiginocharles9990]

When you defreeze a guy from the old days.

[@ibonnie1047]

Luigino Charles that’s why he’s all wrapped up.

[@reme7903]

thank you.

[@JoeyMe]

True

[@kovarbasich80]

Ahh shedding light laughter to makes us feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside except that guy he needs a quilt

[@no1dolso752]

Defrost

[@priceyblackwinter2338]

“My name is Baldric” *Blackadder has entered the chat*

[@sweetnesslight5656]

🤣

[@deansley174]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@genericusername4206]

i

[@katewolfspirit6722]

@Bronze Spectre I see what you did there. I won't be a grammar nazi and correct your spelling. I met Tony Robinson once and wanted to chat but I just chickened out and got his autograph instead. I'm such an introverted dick ha ha!

[@GanjaMasterBlaster]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jgenard]

Shit, this is 10x more natural sounding that all others on youtube

[@simonroper9218]

I really appreciate that :) That was the aim. Unfortunately, I think I didn't give myself enough time to rehearse, so I make a few mistakes!

[@theabsurdveganakadonderric1101]

Every generation of 40+ people trashes the teenagers.

[@simonroper9218]

@@theabsurdveganakadonderric1101 Will be interesting to see how the teenagers of the 2050s will be talking

[@baronzemo420]

@@simonroper9218 I reckon they'll communicate mostly by cognitively-linked animated emojis transmitted via enhanced contact lenses. Artificial intelligence will probably play a significant role in streamlining communication. Most people will be very reliant on AI to get through their daily affairs. It don't think it will be as nightmarish as Black Mirror, but it will still have a lot of negative aspects like difficulty communicating without AI assistance. The majority of children may well fall on the autism spectrum as we currently define it.

[@PS3Vids10]

@MrA 2309 OK boomer

[@dreamcatcher1690]

He sounds like a german guy who talks danish and englisch at the same time

[@Sebbir]

As a danish english speaker who understands german i cant say i agree

[@bordenfleetwood5773]

@@Sebbir I'm curious what this sounds like to you. From what I can tell, his pronunciation is fairly good, and I'm curious as to what you're hearing. I speak English, Spanish and some Irish. To me, this just sounds archaic, like listening to someone from 1850 who spoke entirely in a regional vernacular.

[@Sebbir]

Borden Fleetwood im not sure really. Maybe a bit faroese with parts that sound more czech. But im sure people who actually speak those languages would disagree

[@nebucamv5524]

More like Icelandic.

[@halli4779]

Im German and I understood some of it, but by far not everything. Some words appear to be The Same or almost The Same but there were some sentences I didnt catch a Word from

[@Toni1193]

“We won’t tell anybody” *literally puts it on the internet lol*

[@Freakincident]

I mean, it’s not like he’s ever gonna find out lol

[@bismarck6]

@@Freakincident lmao

[@Chaguarr]

Freakincident Considering the description I think he knows XD

[@invhest77]

Hahahahahjaahja i thought the same

[@fundip78]

He’s acting. It’s not real

[@jessicamitchell2705]

I am THOROUGHLY enjoying your videos. I’ve always been interested in accents and the evolution of language. Thanks for what you do and please keep it up! 🙏

[@Mansardian]

As a German native speaker I find this fascinating. Here we have it: The connection between German and English. That's why our languages are siblings.

[@AverageAlien]

Anglo saxons came from the same place as Danes and Germans. We were just a bunch of germanic tribes actually, that migrated over the england.

[@Wrz2e]

I suppose the Angles and Saxons came from Germany. Could you understand much of what he said?

[@Mansardian]

@@Wrz2e Back then there was no Germany, just germanic tribes, as someone said above. The old English language and the old German language developed from that base on different paths. Then the English language got influenced by the Norman conquerors, yet English and German are pretty similar languages today. The old English/Anglo-Saxon that is spoken here however is even closer to German. So yes, many sentences are quite understandable. Sometimes the vocabulary sounds strange but I guess that would be the same with old German words.

[@Wrz2e]

@@Mansardian Very true, I hope you'll excuse me using 'Germany' as a convenient shorthand for the lands where the Angles and the Saxons originated, which probably included some of modern day Netherlands and Denmark. I find it somewhat regrettable that the Normans adulterated the English language with French and Latin to the extent that we are now barely able to understand our Dutch and German brethren. I always find it very interesting to see cognates and identical words between our languages. Haus, Bier, Butter, Hand, Arm etc...

[@disobey5615]

I wonder what the original Brits sounded like, before they had the saxons come defend them from the Norsemen.

[@metitfour131]

I would unironically watch this if this was a mini-series

[@Donjuanantoine]

Same, so simple yet so fascinating.

[@MM-vs2et]

Baldrich, The Old Young Man

[@ekulio]

I didn't know how much I wanted this until I read your comment

[@bk2active]

Yeah him trying to learn new english lol

[@williamcharnley2208]

People in the future watching this will be highly confused

[@randomvagaries5140]

William Charnley , what do you mean , future? I can’t understand any of it in the present!

[@DICKdeNORMATITY]

What, why, who ummmmm

[@kkhunt7]

@LOCAL COPE I wonder if England's English will be a mix of Arabic and English in the future.

[@999Claymore]

@LOCAL COPE Damn right

[@999Claymore]

@@kkhunt7 Let's hope not.

[@freepagan]

I LOVE this so much. Native English speaker from the USA here :D

[@MilaLili1]

My head canon is that this man went back in time and just started interviewing random villagers

[@johng.8327]

Me too lol

[@hopesy12u4]

I'm think either a Tardis or a Vortex Manipulator.

[@dylanlampin8404]

When he said “jdrjjrndjdbdndndnei” I felt that

[@marcbannerman7841]

😂

[@TheIronbark]

Ok that was too funny

[@leighjones5258]

Very funny

[@ETB3341]

"Spoo reh, spoo reh." Is real motivating.

[@frankthetank2550]

"Can you sing it? We won't tell anybody." 2.7 million people: 👂

[@hugocorreia8039]

👁👂✋

[@olivenuttall5632]

What is the song?

[@skzanarchist]

lol

[@TheGreatConqueror1]

You gay

[@rationalactor]

What a magnificent piece of work! Simon brings this character totally back to life for us.

[@SurnameName]

i'm not sure why youtube recommended this to me, but i'm glad it did

[@ViezePoeperd]

You don't find it odd how they recommend you the absolute most random shit these days? Their algorithm is feeding us brainless garbage.

[@wdmertens]

It kinda sounds like he’s just speaking English but backwards.

[@metsys1]

I heard that about any other language from such kind of you

[@andrewmccloud8581]

Get OFF my territory.

[@Jaylink15]

Wtf is this thread?

[@maximilianraley2457]

@@Jaylink15 I'm wondering the exact same thing? Im so confused.

[@urbanpeltier1622]

Agree sounds backwards

[@itayeldad3317]

As a non native speaker This sound like how i used to hear english when I was a kid and hadnt learned it yet

[@modmutha8608]

As someone who is absolutely fascinated about the English language and it’s many accents and dialects, this is absolutely brilliant.

[@tonytucker7264]

Where are you from ?

[@modmutha8608]

@@tonytucker7264 I’m from Sheffield

[@tonytucker7264]

@@modmutha8608 are you anglo saxon

[@modmutha8608]

@@tonytucker7264 I’ve no idea. But I know a few swear words

[@tonytucker7264]

@@modmutha8608 so do I lol

[@Inescapeium]

You can't speak modern English? *nÆeH*

[@thelivingdead1728]

Næ

[@drabberfrog]

Nåë

[@shadysam7161]

at least hes honest

[@thelivingdead1728]

@@shadysam7161 Ya mean he's, Honæst?

[@shadysam7161]

@@thelivingdead1728 or Unf¯æcne.

[@TopRanky]

Looks like the Norman’s didn’t reach him yet.

[@kidrebel20002000]

😆😆😆 Don’t be so HASTIngs! They’ll get there. Lol

[@Gwynnfevar12]

old english is actually more germanic. Anglo-Saxons originally from Denmark. Angles, Saxes and Jutes.

[@tommarquet8271]

*harrying of the north intensifies*

[@thenorthside102]

*This enraged his father who punished him severely*

[@Gizzard4400]

Nope

[@Ludwig1625]

It sounds like all the Germanic languages combined

[@WhattAreYouSaying]

Haha, yes indeed. I'm Norwegian. It sounds like a mix off Icelandic, Norwegian, German and Dutch. Or something like that...

[@brumav9779]

Well that’s what English is, without the Romantic (French and Latin) influence

[@edwinvanderkooij8713]

Funny, I am Dutch I understand him..😅

[@emerald_kiwi4046]

It is

[@highgroundproductions8590]

SIMP

[@thequeertelope7941]

this is brilliant! even your face and demeanor give sort of an archaic vibe i founded a languages and linguistics club at my school and im going to show this video as an interest for old english was expressed :)

[@Sawrattan]

2019: Englishmen reenact Anglo-Saxon speech. 1019: Anglo-Saxons reenact Proto-Brythonic speech. 19: Britons reenact Indo-European speech.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Major challenge for the subtitle writer.

[@AcidTripOk]

3019: Muslims reenact English speech.

[@alexnickolaev]

@@AcidTripOk 2050 Chinese reenact 2019 Mandarin

[@Nnnnn636]

@@AcidTripOk bingo. I was gonna say it

[@selbos]

Acid Trip Muslim is the name for followers of Islam. English is a language and the people. That’s like saying, “Christians reenact Arabic (or any other Semitic language)”. Does it make sense?

[@brianmead7556]

"Hinga dinga dergen!" - Spongebob Squarepants

[@sionefinaulahi4640]

Happy lief Erickson day!

[@Appalachian_trail_mix]

Found my friends

[@slrasnake]

Gone to get more giant paper.

[@sionefinaulahi4640]

Georgen dingur herge

[@Large28X]

FINLAND!!!!! - Patrick Star

[@josevanreyes]

It's sounds very Scandinavian with a hint of Dutch

[@Floaress]

kgeedi exactly my thought

[@schmidth]

Sounds like a pretty balanced mix between old Scandinavian languages and German/Dutch.

[@BFKAnthony817]

Because that is exactly where English comes from. Basically Denmark and the lands around northern Germany and The Netherlands. English through and through is a Germanic language, just that it has a shit load of Romance language added to it through the French occupation of Brittan for a span of about 300 years roundabouts 800 years ago. So yes, for Native English Speakers we can easily learn both Germanic and Latin language family languages when we really apply ourselves. Also, during the time of the Viking invasion, many of them who settled in England helped spread more Scandinavian words back into our language. In fact the languages were mutually ineligible still back then.

[@parappasan]

There is an argument, based on syntax of OE, that the language itself was Scandi, with a lot of words and phrases imported from Germanic. This goes against the tradition that the base language itself was Germanic, but makes sense when you think syntax isn't as susceptible to radical mutation as loanwords supplementing vocabulary.

[@anglishbookcraft1516]

John Gabriel all of it is Germanic bro, you mean west and northern Germanic.

[@kanishkanvariketta9701]

Thank you very much for clarifying in your description. I thought that you had discovered time travel for a sec but the description cleared that up

[@57farmall23]

This is what talking in cursive sounds like.

[@petey611]

No

[@planeoftime]

Lol

[@gabrielkellar1935]

Thats danish

[@cameronrobertson9518]

He’s speaking italic

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

I mean, yes, but only if modern English sounds like cursive written by a doctor

[@AlgoCurioso2.0]

Where's the dragon?

[@Berry01000]

Under there

[@antr4004]

George gottim enit, we gud.

[@TheSaintTrooper]

@@Berry01000 under where?

[@lifelesskids]

Skyrim

[@ChrisKobold]

Beowulf killed it

[@josecano9210]

He sounds like he’s extremely drunk and speaking German

[@SchimmelAufDemBrot4m]

Me as a german can confirm

[@nickystyles868]

@@SchimmelAufDemBrot4m der Satzbau scheint mir relativ ähnlich zu sein,:Ya can ic / Nay can ic nik. Aber es hört sich eher an wie Schwedisch or Dänisch meiner Meinung nach

[@benjaminchartier6458]

Altengelsachen ist ein altes Deutsche sprach

[@juboo4451]

Für mich eher norwegisch oder niederländisch als deutsch

[@benjaminchartier6458]

@Obiwank Keb34 That's it exactly. Frieslanders were actually among the Saxon invaders of Britain

[@kamalindsey]

The number of people who thought this was a real story, that there was a forgotten community of medieval peasants in modern-day England who have preserved Anglo-Saxon culture and live like the English Amish, is kind of funny to me.

[@clubdeipensieri6572]

Honestly, I did wonder for a long minute if this was real.

[@xorpe7172]

Who were those people . I would like to have a word with them .

[@lindaross783]

Imagination

[@Johnny_64]

“Yah. New Anglish yah.” - all I understood.

[@mayburnham6853]

Ja, neo englisc ja

[@marcowen1506]

This is actually really good. The "interviewee" is acting exactly in the same (slightly awkward) way that the public does in front of the camera. Interesting to hear the pronunciation: it sounds like it's somewhere between Danish and Dutch.

[@simonroper9218]

That's a great compliment, thank you :) Got to bear in mind he wouldn't even know quite how to react around a camera, even if he'd been told what it did

[@ragnarostbrok1254]

I think it sounds more like a mix of schwiizerdütsch and danish.

[@ReneAltena]

i could understand some he said. I am dutch.

[@sqocks8254]

As a dutch person, I guess I can confirm. It was kinda scary how close some pronunciations were to Dutch...

[@doubtful_seer]

ian x there are subtitles/captions, you just have to tune them on

[@TheManinBlack9054]

Mad props to this guy, while everybody else is living in 2020, he's still living in 700s

[@stephenderry9488]

It must be so relaxing for him, not having to worry about contracting any horrific diseases, or crazy stories about boats full of immigrants wreaking havoc. And knowing that the Angles, Saxons and Jutes across the sea will always be part of a strong trans-national community from which he and his kinfolk will continue to benefit.

[@ellaa5986]

They said in the description that this was faked and was only meant to give an idea of how it sounded like

[@lonleybeer]

More like 9th century Europe

[@stephenderry9488]

@@asdf2593 You spotted one of my subtly camouflaged analogies!

[@trollololololololo1173]

Hmm as a German, that sounds like Frisian or Low German (Plattdeutsch) in Low Saxony and like norse maybe Danish?

[@ansems3309]

I commented here a year ago and saw your comment on accident. I do speak Frisian and Flat/Low German fluently and I was able to understand him better than my girlfriend who lives in Austria.

[@trollololololololo1173]

@@ansems3309 Ja das glaub ich dir, der Alpendialekt hat's schon in sich ^^ Aber ich finde es toll das du Plattdeutsch und Friesisch sprichst, gerade jetzt wo die Dialekte verschwinden.

[@flutterwind7686]

Anglo-Saxon (old English) is directly related to Frisian and Low German(which used to be called Saxon). Good ear!

[@thematthew761]

Anglo Saxons were from Saxony.

[@choonbox]

@@thematthew761 No, Anglosaxons are from the British isles. They are a mixed group of mostly Angles, Frisians, Saxons and Jutes.

[@c.rocket190]

KZbin algorithm: *I'm gonna restart this man whole career*

[@simonroper9218]

The KZbin algorithm is a good pal and one day I will buy it a drink

[@DrCuriensapprentice]

So had English not changed since then it would sound like a mix of German and Danish

[@simonroper9218]

It's almost unheard-of for a language to go 1,000 years without changing at all, even if the Norman invasion hadn't happened, but it would probably sound a little bit different than it does today. A lot of the difference is in the inflection, which was already disappearing towards the end of the Old English period, independent of any outside influence, so by the time most of that had disappeared, it would probably be easy enough to learn (as languages go).

[@scottanderson8167]

DrCuriensapprentice prior to the Norman invasion, Anglish was almost all Germanic (no Romance) so it makes sense

[@bashsibda6289]

He sounds like he is speaking afrikaans after a tot or two.

[@bashsibda6289]

Nee ek kan nie. Ja jy kan Baldrich. Moenie kak praat nie!

[@SuzLa1]

Or like somebody from the North East.

[@TheGodParticle]

I'm on my ninth pint and its starting to sound clearer.

[@luvsupreme]

😭😭😭😭😂😂

[@luvsupreme]

😭😭😭😭🤣🤣

[@horsenuts1831]

I'm exactly the same when I start talking to women in pubs in Lancashire / Manchester.

[@nathanielleack4842]

Lancashire top county pal

[@krshah2008]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂 🤢🤮🤮

[@cosmosheep4306]

For those who are searching for the lyrics of the song at 2:43 Wōden hēng from æsce trēow, Fugol sæt on sticca bufan, Drypte from þæs fugles mūþ, Þā word ‘ic secge simle sōþ.'

[@Mirandajanewyatt]

That's awesome

[@kkuwura]

Thank you so much. Didn’t know how to search for it on google

[@br9809]

Swedish here, a Scandinavian could probably understand 60% of that.

[@あよぎあ六花]

Yea Im swedish and I was pick up on alot of his stuff

[@foottoast4235]

Weird ass accent tho, probably easier for other Scandinavians

[@bobbo4962]

Im from norway so its pretty hard to understand, but he sound like hes danish

[@simonroper9218]

It would be very interesting to record a few sentences in Old English and see how well a people from different countries understood.

[@klarabjerin8706]

nope det låter som norska, tyska och engelska blandat. fattar noll

[@grantbuckerfield]

"No, you are pronouncing your own name incorrectly."

[@rextheroyalist6389]

Earlier he literally says his name differently in danish, showing his preference to adopt the cultural equivalent rather than remaining glued to his specific version of his reasonably common name. Literally changes nothing but it made sense in that context

[@rajsb5733]

Rex the Royalist read the description

[@rextheroyalist6389]

Raj SB i did, i was talking about the character of bældric

[@robertlombardo8437]

Man! That was an exceptional interview! Very realistic, conversational and documentary-like. There ought to be a full length movie done in this style as though the Anglo-Saxons were still around and speaking Old English.

[@flyingsodwai1382]

Awesome idea. A sort of mockumentary but for educational purposes rather than comedic.

[@simonroper9218]

Thank you so much! That was the aim, although I made a couple of mistakes. But I definitely agree with you there, if a few actors took an intensive course or something to make the pronunciation reasonably naturalistic.

[@bobross4616]

@@simonroper9218 Why is it called "old English" when it sounds nothing like modern English.?

[@simonroper9218]

@@bobross4616 It doesn't sound much like modern English, but it is the ancestor to it :) It was spoken in England, it was called 'English' (or 'Ænglisc') by its native speakers, and it evolved into Middle English and then Modern English.

[@bobross4616]

@@simonroper9218 Thanks I had already watched a video on it. But at least I can admire that you know your stuff. Ha-ha. Great vid.

[@leeroyjenkins6061]

Plot twist: He's drunk.

[@tyrranicalt-rad6164]

Lol

[@krjppers272]

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JEEENKIINS

[@yellowbellyfts756]

Bro🤣😂🤣😂😎

[@Frank_144]

Bro, Leeroy? Jfc, how long has it been since I last saw your video? Oh yeah, 20 minutes, gotta go back and give my hourly praying

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

This sounds like Danish or Scandic

[@hectorcardenas2171]

precious lady

[@hectorcardenas2171]

Torper Vazquez Tu que? Wey 😂

[@asalpaudel2631]

What the fuck You're everywhere Even here

[@elliot04877]

what is scandic?

[@ChodeMaster]

@@elliot04877 norwegian, danish, icelandic, swedish. Use your imagination you shitstain.

[@CJFCarlsson]

His name is Baldricky and he questions sheep and is an IT-technician in his free time.

[@XalphYT]

CJFCarlsson Ensign Hmm, not quite.

[@tmashadi]

So interrogating sheep is his main job?

[@CJFCarlsson]

@@tmashadi I probably should upvote and apologize to everyone. Yes that is what I will do.

[@Vortex__24]

Found this in my recommended, and it is the best recommended video thus far.

[@justacrow9847]

He sounds like a Norwegian who spent the past 25 years alone in the forest.

[@newaccount3743]

So a 90's Black Metal vocalist then?

[@valistrutu]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@everythingispossible2000]

😂😂

[@morbidsearch]

Isn't that how Faroese was created?

[@gerageobushma8970]

@@newaccount3743 trve kvlt

[@thomassimon7586]

this is the guy neopagans wished they were

[@Zen-rw2fz]

*varg cries in corner*

[@recusantcatholicgroyper101]

@@Zen-rw2fz the guy is brown hair and does not speak Gaelic like their ancestors have 2000 years ago so therefore not white

[@Sheerspeechcraft]

@@recusantcatholicgroyper101 ????

[@recusantcatholicgroyper101]

@@Sheerspeechcraft Varg doesn't like anyone who does not have nordic features particularly Italians.

[@Shokan-mm8sj]

@@recusantcatholicgroyper101 He endorses some serbian guy that looks mediterranian as fuck, he can be very inclusive if you agree with him in most things.

[@dustin2006]

10 centuries later: “We visit a direct descendant of Baldric. An Anglo American.” Hank Hill: “I sell propane and propane accessories.”

[@CedarPinesFieldGrove]

Dang ol, Boomhower

[@CedarPinesFieldGrove]

@@robroux6074 idk man, I know plenty of Americans who are happy to sit on the couch bitching all day long

[@robroux6074]

@@CedarPinesFieldGrove you're confusing Americans w/ Texans & Scotchirish. That's like confusing Brits w/ Welsh & the Scotts.

[@jackduncan4228]

Rob Roux Americans still to this day have a frontier mindset and live in a frontier society.

[@robroux6074]

@@jackduncan4228 The frontier Society comes from the Iriqouis & Algonquin doesn't it? The Vikings didn't expand and they loved to scout and pillege but the americans were different. They really did integrate into the land and adopted a lot of Native American customs...some say that SOME of our Democratic ideals come from the Natives. British and Americans are really different and even the Canadians are very different from Americans. Canadians are way more pompous and carry traits of the bourgeois British. The American do have a strong frontier mindset that is very similar to Native Americans. There a lot of aspects of German (Volga) that also influenced the Americans too.

[@EddGorenstain]

Thank you so much for bringing this video back!

[@Kovukingsrod]

I adore this video

[@geraldking3485]

So do I

[@TheGreatConqueror1]

You gay

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

@@TheGreatConqueror1 You little kid.

[@Karin-fj3eu]

Kovu??? Never expected to find a random kovu comment on a random video lmao

[@albertweedsteinthethuggeni7797]

@@TheGreatConqueror1 you are 12

[@sebastianm.1091]

*As a dane speaking english, I actually understand this guy.*

[@Nickanden]

Same

[@misterdiscipline580]

With the Danelaw coming from Viking occupation and essentially reforging the Anglo Saxon tongue, mixing it with some other local dialects, it essentially set the stage for the "Northern" English accent.

[@paniniweewee5857]

as a guy using subtitles I can understand this guy

[@marten594]

Being Dutch and speaking Friesian, Gronings and German, it surprised me how much I could understand

[@soldierside365]

What kind of time hopping heretic are you?!

[@davidcolintunstall6048]

As a native speaker of Scots, some of this is similar. “ah caunnie naucht” for example. I’d heard that Scots is the closest remaining thing to Anglo Saxon English, and hearing it spoken, certainly demonstrates that. Thanks for all your videos! Really interesting stuff! Great sober delivery, and very focused!

[@luna-pl8fw]

That sentence is very fascinating, because i come from Bavaria, Germany and the bavarian dialect is very similar. That sentence here would be 'Konn i ned' and that is why i understood it.

[@RaulGonzalez-xt1kx]

Scots vs galeig

[@someguy3766]

I think if you mixed Scots with Frisian, you'd get something very close to Old English. ;D

[@wPJyat]

@@luna-pl8fw I would assume thats true considering Old English came from around Germany and Denmark.

[@supergene256]

It’s true!

[@DamonNomad82]

The resemblance to German, Dutch and the Nordic languages is striking. It really demonstrates that English is in the Germanic family of languages, though most of the changes from Old English to Modern English came via Romance languages, primarily Norman French.

[@GullibleTarget]

Sounds like a norwegian who moved to the Netherlands and said:"I'll teach myself how to speak dutch, I do not need your help"....and ended up speaking Old English

[@RWKIN]

Ye, I have also mentioned this Dutch-Scandinavian mix.

[@robwalsh9843]

Also sounds like the Frisian language, which is also in Holland.

[@Digalog]

@@robwalsh9843 Yes frisian is also well on the edge between dutch and scandinavian i think. That's where the anglo-frisian comes from right

[@esmeekanters9365]

I'm dutch an british i can almost understand it perfectly it's wonderful

[@GullibleTarget]

@@robwalsh9843 did...you...call...it...HOLLAND?!!!!*TRIGGERED DUTCH PERSON*

[@mosaic617]

“It’s not an actual Anglo-Saxon it’s me in a sheet” 😂

[@cliftonjames785]

Be careful speaking in that language, you might get raided by Norsemen and invaded by Normans

[@simonroper9218]

The Normans have already broken down my door :'(

[@gamingforaday5446]

The norsemen are ( north germanic )

[@williamjordan5554]

@Mark Donald Normans were former norsemen.

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Beware the Saxon when he speaks of his right! Saxons and Normans - the best man at arms ye shall find! Awesome poem! Together the Anglo-Saxons and Normans ruled the world!

[@pnjijy]

*triggered in Nordic French*

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Simon is living history of long lost languages. Bless you.

[@814912]

As someone who is half German, half English, this.... sounds like Dutch.

[@lookinforhumanz7640]

Nouuu

[@matthewvanburen6415]

Isn't it to some degree?

[@Nethanel773]

If I recall correctly, Old English is closely related to Old Frisian.

[@johanvangelderen289]

I was born in The Netherlands. Immigrated to the USA with my parents around 1960. I was 5. I recognized the similarity with Dutch almost right away. I was going to post about that. You commented before I did.

[@TacoKat]

As a dutch person it sounds like Scandinavian