A Conversation in Old English and Old Norse

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The only thing I found "distracting" was that Simon's neighbor had some mighty mountains in his yard "next door"!

pricklypear
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I’m afraid the traditional Norse backdrop of Colorado is slightly more impressive than an English wood with the vague drone of a motorway in the distance!

MedlifeCrisis
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I always admire how casual Simon sounds while he's speaking Old English. It doesn't sound rehearsed or unnatural at all. Meanwhile Jackson is just speaking like he is reciting a poem, which is also cool.

janavanrossum
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"Avengers Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover in history."
Simon: "Beclypp mín béor!"

SDOtunes
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Something I love about your channel is how you attempt to depict how Old English was spoken in a more conversational context. Your ability to act while speaking it so that it feels natural is really impressive

bigcat
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For those wondering whether Icelanders would understand the Old Norse part of this conversation: I am an Icelander and barely understood anything from either language.

QuestionableFishman
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I can't suspend my disbelief unless you are both dressed in sheets dragging a log through a marsh. Authenticity is vital, I feel.

AllotmentFox
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I'm a native English speaker learning Bokmål Norwegian and it's so cool to see the similarities in the languages. Norwegian is by far the easiest second language I've studied because so many patterns follow English, but also there are things that feel less like you're learning them and more like you're uncovering them, because of the deep history, which makes it very easy to draw parallels. In the first part of Ecolinguist's Old English Spoken videos, Simon mentioned the Old English word dēor being used as a general word for animals more than just deer, in Norwegian dyr is the word for animals. Little things like that makes learning Norwegian that much more intuitive. Tusen takk, Simon! Du er veldig hjelpsom og kunnskapsrik!

megankelly
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Me, Argentinian, visiting my Brazilian buddies when the pandemic's over.

ArturoStojanoff
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As someone who speaks both Swedish and German I'm surprised at how much I can understand... as long as I don't look at the written text because man that's confusing if you've never properly learned it

Hitchhiker_a.d.R.
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This probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Two of my language heroes together!!

kimbari
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One thing that struck me was that an old English speaker speaking to an old Norse speaker reminded me of growing up in South Africa, where English and Afrikaans sit side by side, and influence one another. The fact that the two are similar on paper but very different in terms of pronunciation (but reasonably easy for speakers of the other to learn through osmosis - in my case via TV as opposed to school lessons) is an interesting parallel.

simondavis
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I've always heard and read that Old Norse and Old English were almost identical. Whenever I talk to anyone about North West Europeans, I always bring that up.
Now, thanks to you guys, I have a live, 3D, and in living color example of it actually happening!!!

ragnarthesomewhatmagnifice
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I just watched this on Jackson’s channel and there was so much to consider. Thank you for all your work and shared knowledge. I am so grateful to see 2 of my favorite content creators collaborate. There is so much to consider and evaluate and this helps so many of us see and share patterns and history, thank you.

odonnabhainiverssen
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This is like crack to me! What amazing video by brilliant linguists and historians. Man, I wish I were there in person to see these two scholars interact in person and that they were in person. Simon and Dr. C. Amazing! To hear Old English and Old Norse—how mutually intelligible? How close? How dissimilar? How dialectic! Truly astounding. These two gentlemen were born to educate and inspire.

abcxyz
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This spoke to my past-life lady bits for some reason 😂

Bowie_E
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I'm from Derby and have lived in the East Midlands all my life! It's a piece of my local history coming to life, thank you both!

DefLeppGirl
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I'm more excited about this than I'm willing to admit.

yanjulio
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I learn so much when the two of you get together. This is music to me!

davidfryer
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Guten Morgen/Gute Nacht from Germany. :D Love to hear your guys conversation, simply amazing! 😊👍

chriswinchester