The War that Changed the English Language

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11 ай бұрын

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@banjo9ine395 11 ай бұрын

Can we just talk about how 7:05 is legit all three office blokes.

@jaideepdesai5321 11 ай бұрын

Get on that history train and do more of these. So many amazing videos to watch.

@codygates7418 11 ай бұрын

Oversimplified Napoleonic wars and pig war please! ❤

@jamesleyda365 11 ай бұрын

I live very close to where the pig war took place in WA state

@joshuaking34 11 ай бұрын

My high school history class was taught by a Vietnam Vet who would enact moments in history as if he was having flashbacks. Will never forget the day he stood on his desk and did Lenin's speech from the train car.

@Augusto-he8dr 11 ай бұрын

You should definitely do Oversimplified’s Napoleonic wars

@majtechtings 11 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you guys are reacting to oversimplified. He's amazing and I hope you guys do more of his stuff...to be honest? This also taught me that the Vikings were around a lot longer than I was taught (I'm in America so that makes sense.)

@baussify 11 ай бұрын

They’ve done quite a few before this

@StekTM1 11 ай бұрын

Oversimplified has a crazy anti-soviet bias tho, i hate his videos of the Cold War and Russian Revolution

@majtechtings 11 ай бұрын

@@StekTM1 is it a bias to historically point out things a country has done? If so? He has a HUGE Germany bias lol.

@majtechtings 11 ай бұрын

@@baussify didn't know. I'll check them out. Thanks for letting me know.

@Chilli-dg7in 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely love history and this reaction is great, greetings from Norway🤘 Always looking forward to the reactions from you guys.

@stonewall01 11 ай бұрын

I am an American and am practically obsessed with English Medieval History. Yes I do mean English as well, I know some but not nearly as much about Welsh, Scottish, and Irish History as I do English history. Also, I am a Patron and am excited that you are going to be watching the U.S. "Office." I don't know if you have seen it before but the first season is more similar to the UK Office than the rest of the series. Anyway I am a huge fan of the show and am looking forward to it.

@mawande2066 11 ай бұрын

Glory! Glory ! Man United ...Glory ! Glory ! Man United

@solace6700 11 ай бұрын

ur 2 and 3

@deannaschultz1814 11 ай бұрын

Try Oversimplified The Pig War.

@japcar84 11 ай бұрын

I've always wondered why cooked cow is called beef, pig is called pork, etc.

@dudermcdudeface3674 11 ай бұрын

Most history just brushes over this stuff, so it's surprising to be reminded. I'm still surprised to realize that the Normans were almost an entirely different country just sitting on top of England for centuries until time merged them. Different language, different names, different traditions. Hundreds of years.

@coyotelong4349 11 ай бұрын

14:14 I believe Mercia was the name of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom that occupied much of the modern-day Midlands and the Inland area of Britain at the time, north of Wessex & south of Northumbria

@kingwacky184 10 ай бұрын

7:15 Vikings were a big thing for many hundreds of years. The raid at Lindisfarne in 793 is in many history books the start of the viking age but there were viking raids that happened before 793. The battle of Hastings in 1066 is as far as I am aware what many see as the end of the viking age but there were viking raids and traders after that time but less. The vikings as many have said on other youtube videos did not die out they simply stop raiding and became more trade oriented and they converted to Christianity. But the people that were vikings or Norse did not die out they just stopped with the raids and moved on to other things mainly trade I am guessing.

@leviticuscornwall9631 11 ай бұрын

If you want easy views keep doing oversimplified reactions. The algorithm loves him

@maybenaught 10 ай бұрын

One thing about that linguistic stuff: the A > O change in words like "home" is not because of the Old French writing system. Lots of words show this spelling change in English because the pronunciation itself was actually changing (in this case, for "long A" - an A sound held for longer). In Old English, home, goat, and bone (and other such words) would have been written to indicate an A sound - ham, gat, and ban (with the A of "father", not of "cat").

@mulrich 11 ай бұрын

Nope, 1066 is generally viewed as the end of the Viking age. Sure, these things don't happen overnight, but even by then, things were winding down. By the 1300s, it had been over for centuries. The last Viking king of England, Harthacnut (who was also king of Denmark and king of Norway) died in 1042.

@BTinSF 11 ай бұрын

I feel almost embarrassed to know more English history than you guys. I certainly knew when the Viking Era was and I guessed what war changed the English Language and how. I also knew that you guys seem to have forgot about the pre-Norman Kingdom of Mercia (there's actually a pretty good video--maybe it's even "oversimplified"--about the shifting borders on the island of Britain from when the Romans left until the Norman Conquest--you should react to it).

@dner75-xh9le 11 ай бұрын

It hasn't made it to Trivia Night at the pub yet apparently.

@JPMadden 11 ай бұрын

To this day, many of the polite words we use for genitalia and certain bodily functions have French origins and the vulgar words came from German.

@BakingBadOBX 10 ай бұрын

not to denigrate, but a few years ago I became quite surprised at how little the average person in the UK knew about their own history. When I visited in 2020, london and glasgow, I tried to have a ton of history conversations, and the only good one I had was with a castle guide in Scotland who just happened to be a retired university history professor. This was after years of hearing from brits that Americans are idiots and know nothing about history. The truth of the matter is, all countries are filled with people who know very little about history. The other truth is that history is amazing and I find the first truth rather sad. MORE HISTORY!

@jerzeyguy71 11 ай бұрын

the normandy king waiting for the wind reminded me of Weird Al's Eat when the gang is waiting for the bus!! LOL OK, now I know where family guy got Cool Whip joke from!!

@ms_scribbles 8 ай бұрын

Most of the major Viking history when it comes to places like England and France was in the 800s.

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek 5 ай бұрын

700s

@brianlewis5692 11 ай бұрын

The northern part that is outside of England at this time was called Cumbria. The guy in the video says that an Englishman might buy a shirt while a Norman would purchase a blouse. That's impossible, because 'blouse' only enters Central French around 1788, and is ultimately of German origin, so they didn't have "blouses" back then. If the Viking hadn't attacked first, the good old English would have won. And our language would be more pure than it is today.

@jamesleyda365 11 ай бұрын

Most Americans know quite a bit about the battle of Hastings, atleast the ones. I know. Many of us do know history unlike some would like ypu to believe. I love American or North American and European history and actually European hostory is American history, and visa versa🇺🇸🇬🇧👍

@kingwacky184 11 ай бұрын

Technically the vikings did play a part in the battle of Hastings because William the conqueror was related to Rollo the viking that was made Duke of Normandy and was responsible for the creation of Normandy meaning Northmans land. Many of the words the Normans spoke that invaded England were words the vikings introduced in to French and later in to English. Many words in modern English today are from the vikings. The duchy of Normandy was viking settlers intermingling with indigenous French so many of the Normans had viking blood most likely most of them did.

@tibsky1396 10 ай бұрын

Yes, but at that time they were also already more closer with the Franks than the Scandinavians. William was indeed related to Rollo, but he also had a lot of Frankish ancestry. At the time of Rollo, the Vikings were not that numerous in terms of ratio, they assimilated quickly compared to the Bretons which even have been able to keep their Insular Celtic language, since their arrival in current Britanny the 6th century from the invaded Britannia for example.

@TheArkan6 11 ай бұрын

u guys should do Punic wars that would be awsome

@ThunderPants13 11 ай бұрын

Learning doesn't have to be a drag. Make it fun and people (even kids) will want to learn.

@seanjohn2876 11 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHA yall english got conquered by the FRENCH !!???! HAHAHA 😂😂😂

@AIHumanEquality 5 ай бұрын

In 900 and 1000 time period the Church didn't have that much power. They actually gain much more political power later. They were in charge of ceremonies and what not and began entering into political affairs in the 800s but it isn't until around 1100 that they actually start controlling kingdoms more rigidly. This continues until the 1600s when rationality and science start taking off then in the 1800s they lose almost all their political power and private industry moguls and entrepreneurs start taking more societal power. Also the Vikings may or may not have been embellished. Even their enemies including the Romans wrote about how fierce they were in battle and tales were told all over Europe of men who went mad in battle (later called berserkers) and would keep fighting even when stabbed and/or cut all over.

@miamidolphinsfan 11 ай бұрын

very interesting history

@firefighterchick 11 ай бұрын

Please do Oversimplified American Civil War. I actually learned alot with this one as well.

@aidenroqz 9 ай бұрын

I think if we all had this channel growing up we would have been more interested in history Mike 😂😂😂 don't get me wrong, school is essential but there's people like me that like more visual learning than reading books, some think that's just being lazy but it's an actual mental function that some people are more susceptive to shapes, colors, etc than just reading or you could be dyslexic.