Shakespeare OP

A brief description of the use of OP (Original Production) language at the Globe Theater and how Sonnet 116 would have sounded.

[@vigilantsycamore8750]

... Ok, as a foreigner, I was always puzzled by a *lot* of English spelling, but with OP Shakespearean the spellings actually seem consistent And now I understand some of the weird things about English spelling that always annoyed me

[@a_angry_bunny]

Basically English is confusing because of how much it degraded over time. I think the reason for that is because of the nature of the US itself in where we take in a lot of immigration. In time we sort of absorb various dialects and ways to pronounce things to the point where the language has become very diluted. It's just a theory, but it would explain why modern American English is so confusing even when compared to British English.

[@m.kingery]

the printing press hitting a language in flux really fucked a lot of stuff up :(

[@hawkins347]

There are discrepancies between English spelling and pronunciation are due to the fact that the pronunciation continued to evolve after the spelling was standardised (this is called the Great Vowel Shift), but if you pay attention, there are consistent spelling-pronunciation patterns.

[@electrictroy2010]

HOLD UP. American English especially the Kentucky/West Virginia area, is closer to Shakespeare’s accent than british

[@Philrc]

@@a_angry_bunny it's one of those false ideas of people who are not linguistically aware of languages that when they change they have "degraded" . English pronunciation may have changed but it has not degraded

[@Winaska]

There is a longer version of this that I watched a few years back and now I can't find it. It has even more detail in it

[@jimlafferty]

Yo! *Just* found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4LGZo2mdtSIasU*

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Yay! Yes I’ve watched that longer version several times. I find it to be fascinating.

[@fredrikstadwhite]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHPoaOeiZyhb9U is this what you were looking for?

[@LeeWright337W]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4LGZo2mdtSIasU

[@zionmama150]

I came here looking for that video…

[@JesseKellerFilms]

Good job editor, cutting to the inside of the "Wooden O" as he says, "rounds out".

[@sanchoodell6789]

Yes, I noticed that when Ben says "It rounds the experience" and wondered if that was an intentional pun in itself being that this is the *Globe* Theatre!

[@2deadly748]

I would like to listen to Falstaff in OP

[@alaskawatchers8045]

Good stuff

[@O-sa-car]

I wish they would've included clips of the plays

[@cjbrown7745]

Bars

[@fanticyMind]

Where can I find the full interview/segment??

[@frejaw3]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHPoaOeiZyhb9U :)

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@frejaw3 Ahhh I love your username, good one

[@sventsen5946]

Thank you! In he sonnet the actor pronounced “love” like [lov], but in the last line his “loved” and “proved” transformed into [l^vd] and [pr^vd], uhm...

[@charliebowen5071]

Are you stupid??

[@plumeater1]

That's the point. It's OP (RIGINAL PRONUNCIATION). Not MODERN.

[@ronpascubillo9401]

What happened to the longer version ? 🤔🙁

[@_Cato_]

Ron Pascubillo It's still around, I just watched it a minute ago lol

[@ronpascubillo9401]

Enthios, hello. Yes, i found it too. Thanks for telling me. 😊

[@kmiranda2847]

@@ronpascubillo9401 is there a link? I keep searching for it and can't find it.

[@gevangasteren]

@@kmiranda2847 A Jim Lafferty just posted one, and maybe, if you don’t get a notification of that, you do get one for my reply: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4LGZo2mdtSIasU*

[@imonasi9711]

7xN crew:

[@dontlooknow.]

So, we have the theatre, the pronunciation.....and then we have it costumed in modern dress. What an affectation.

[@I_leave_mean_comments]

"The Globe is known for it's original practices..." So why are there female actors? I'm not even being funny... they should have only male actors.

[@gretcheneisenman4760]

The globe did productions with all male actors during this era. Mark Rylance famous played Olivia in 12th night for example.

[@b3l14l]

No wonder learning shakespeak was such a bore and made little sense in school. If we first learnt how to pronounce and read it, it would have made far more sense and been far more interesting.