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@Ytdeletesallmycomments
June 21, 2024 at 1:02 pm
Sounds like dutch words 😊
@FreemindTv11
June 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm
They were Scott Mctominay fans🙌🏾
@katieandpi
June 21, 2024 at 1:33 pm
Sounds a lot like Latin!
@Colutti115
June 21, 2024 at 1:54 pm
….always mentally read “k’nigt” jokingly because that’s the way it was going to sound spoken by a non English speaker/my native language(‽)….
🐗
@lucashen9686
June 21, 2024 at 1:59 pm
Basically like scottish.
@RacingSnails64
June 21, 2024 at 2:14 pm
I love my weef. We just bought our first hoos together.
All jokes aside, interesting! The Lord’s Prayer sounds surprisingly pleasant like that.
@ignorasmus
June 21, 2024 at 2:50 pm
It sounds a lot like Dutch to me…
(I don’t speak Dutch).
@MikkelHougaard
June 21, 2024 at 2:51 pm
Sound like dutch
@lastdays9163
June 21, 2024 at 2:55 pm
So Scottish
@Joao456Zamper
June 21, 2024 at 3:19 pm
So much more consistent
@davidbelen7199
June 21, 2024 at 3:23 pm
I got a feeling she’s making it all up.
She has no idea what she’s talking about 😂
Not even close 😂
@TheDelwish
June 21, 2024 at 3:57 pm
someone: reads English as it’s written.
comments: It’s a totally different language.
@darkerratum
June 21, 2024 at 4:25 pm
That’s just Irish or Scottish. Literally sounds like Seamus.
@jopo7996
June 21, 2024 at 4:34 pm
My spouse doesn’t have a job anymore, but she’s an awesome hooseweef.
@Francois176
June 21, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Why are all these guests always yelling? We can hear you! We have a feature called Volume on our phones. Speak like a normal person ffs. This isn’t a fire drill.
@Niall16lennoN
June 21, 2024 at 4:44 pm
So just Cork then
@AdrianMcDaid
June 21, 2024 at 5:01 pm
Wee bit ulster scots there
@cymtastique
June 21, 2024 at 5:13 pm
It sounds like…scottish and irish had a one night stand…
@hweiktomeyto
June 21, 2024 at 5:51 pm
Gh was pronounced [x] after a back vowel and [ç] after a front vowel
@crossmarian773
June 21, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Basically English but you pronounce everything literally
@vassoritzen
June 21, 2024 at 6:52 pm
Brazilian citizen who no speek english pronounce that 3 words exatly same.
@ScratchNSniff6696
June 21, 2024 at 7:23 pm
Sounds Swedish
@bluejellosuu9583
June 21, 2024 at 7:27 pm
doesn’t sound even half bad, i liked it
@RedFail1-1
June 21, 2024 at 7:45 pm
This is a joke, right?…
Right?,…
@jrab227
June 21, 2024 at 8:26 pm
No wonder Americans left.
@PiratDunkelbart
June 21, 2024 at 10:53 pm
Sounds like a 10 years old German reading English, who didnt learn it yet.
@minminorange
June 22, 2024 at 12:15 am
Sounds like a hungry hoggen ate their bible
@calabrais
June 22, 2024 at 12:39 am
My Irish/Scottish grandmother must have been speaking Medieval English all those years
@OrochimaruFromKpw
June 22, 2024 at 1:05 am
So…. Rural Ireland
@corivian
June 22, 2024 at 1:25 am
Wow it really shows the dutch and german language roots of english
@vanessadiel264
June 22, 2024 at 1:45 am
What about the “pronounce every letter” part? Doesn’t apply to the e at the end?
@rachelblaquiere9134
June 22, 2024 at 6:39 am
Varies case by case, but you’re right that in some words they are pronounced. It tends to be words with French roots though – native Germanic words like wife and house don’t like having coda vowels (cf. Old English wı̄f, hūs)
@rorymcpeake
June 22, 2024 at 3:32 am
Sooooo Scottish french??
@KiranMedia.
June 22, 2024 at 4:50 am
That’s interesting
@anaesthete5592
June 22, 2024 at 5:00 am
That’s Scottish accent
@Tnk_xd
June 22, 2024 at 6:20 am
How would we say “Henry has come to see us”..?
@RB-kh6fo
June 22, 2024 at 7:36 am
Best way would be to read Canterbury tales in middle english
@dmyt-fr
June 22, 2024 at 8:38 am
…with an American accent???
@tangerinetangerine4400
June 22, 2024 at 9:42 am
Sounds scandinavian.
@gigibaci2638
June 22, 2024 at 10:26 am
Sounds nicer than modern English
@boxbury
June 22, 2024 at 10:52 am
So basically Scottish…
@muffinman5741
June 22, 2024 at 11:29 am
It sounds like reversed speech
@mistym0rning
June 22, 2024 at 1:26 pm
Huh. That sounds more like old German to me (I’m German myself).
@YTNFSCC
June 22, 2024 at 1:58 pm
“If english was phonetically consistent would like to know your location”
@dzanc
June 22, 2024 at 4:15 pm
K – night!
@uglygiantbagsofmostlywater
June 22, 2024 at 4:30 pm
Somehow it now sounds like an Italian speaking Dutch.
@evenicholson2591
June 22, 2024 at 7:03 pm
Sounds like pure Scottish
@carstenrich
June 22, 2024 at 8:23 pm
sound alot like Danish
@imnotstu5990
June 22, 2024 at 10:34 pm
“SHE IS MAH WEEF!”
@stacyowl1658
June 22, 2024 at 11:17 pm
so english with a Scottish accent? 😂
@toivoa119
June 22, 2024 at 11:53 pm
Much closer to German.
@gunnarolsson3578
June 23, 2024 at 3:02 am
Hus och kneckt är ju svenska!
@rangelmdrs
June 23, 2024 at 3:30 am
The pronounce is as close to brazilian portuguese as it gets
@suzidilates2714
June 23, 2024 at 4:14 am
sounds Turkish to me 😂
@sandraisaksson7853
June 23, 2024 at 4:46 am
Some of those words are close to swedish. K’nigt in swedish Knäckt. Hus is hus in swedish.
@williamschubert4819
June 23, 2024 at 5:31 am
You can really hear the latin roots in that
@user-hc4lk4lp9o
June 23, 2024 at 6:42 am
like the danish words for a young boy knegt or knite the latter one commonly used for scottish stereotypes
@ailestriker9888
June 23, 2024 at 6:48 am
Jengus Christler
@parafraceren
June 23, 2024 at 7:20 am
Interesting, that’s basically dutch
@rumble1925
June 23, 2024 at 3:42 pm
So the vowels are pronounced as what they actually sound like everywhere else
@MrScottev
June 23, 2024 at 4:32 pm
Like a mix of Welsh, Geordie and French.
@olivierstephane9232
June 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm
It’s good to know the french people…today… are speaking medieval English 😂😂
@MrKaje72
June 23, 2024 at 6:01 pm
Kinda fire
@lizzard4890
June 23, 2024 at 8:06 pm
Okay that’s just Trixie Mattel in her Swedish accent
@samuelhamblin7535
June 24, 2024 at 2:37 pm
So those French guys in Monty Python and the Holy Grail were actually more accurate than the English guys
@yoboimichproductionsinc.2948
June 24, 2024 at 2:57 pm
Sound better honestly
@gregorygan2077
June 24, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Bring it back. So good!
@Craig5647
June 24, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Oh. It’s German
@AllahDoesNotExist
June 24, 2024 at 3:23 pm
It’s West-Flemish
@havingicecream
June 24, 2024 at 3:52 pm
Ah yes, scottish swiss-german
@elephantfurby
June 24, 2024 at 4:01 pm
A little Scandi too
@luckytrinh333
June 24, 2024 at 4:29 pm
Classy ✨
@ilovebirkhoff
June 24, 2024 at 4:34 pm
Sounds a bit like a mixture of Scottish and Afrikaaans for some reason
@Phtang-phtang
June 24, 2024 at 4:43 pm
I’m English and she’s talking gibberish. Kernigt? 🤷♂️
@samuellee2682
June 24, 2024 at 5:24 pm
Oh so a bad Swedish accent
@mimief7969
June 24, 2024 at 5:27 pm
“Knight” makes sense since German Kinecht is like, servant or vassal, like Landsknecht
@jacktheladd8841
June 24, 2024 at 6:02 pm
The French soldiers in Monty Python’s Holy Grail sounded just like that
@binomesprite7829
June 24, 2024 at 6:12 pm
That’s how Monty Python pronounces knight
@Rob-Bless_Jr
June 24, 2024 at 6:14 pm
It sounds like Swedish
@SoulSonder26
June 24, 2024 at 6:18 pm
Lady needs to share her time machine with the rest of us..
@AntoDesormeaux
June 24, 2024 at 6:25 pm
hey cool weef rhymes with
no acually never mind
@its_bouz8524
June 24, 2024 at 6:38 pm
So Medieval English is actually Scottish 😅
@TheJones1
June 24, 2024 at 6:58 pm
Amazing🎉
@dirtyweapons3459
June 24, 2024 at 7:52 pm
So Scottish, Gaelic or Irish?
@studybug2010
June 24, 2024 at 8:19 pm
Who Cares??? Your Hot(Haw-it)!!!
@JessicaEstep-iy2hb
June 24, 2024 at 9:17 pm
Pretty sure saying the Lord’s prayer in English in the 14th century could get you killed
@myself3209
June 24, 2024 at 9:24 pm
It sounds like a german trying to speak english
@wtfschmuck
June 24, 2024 at 9:25 pm
I never want to hear another person complain when someone says ax instead of ask.
@ZeacorZeppelin
June 24, 2024 at 9:25 pm
Fascinating.
@gnamp
June 25, 2024 at 7:47 pm
Too much faith required here for my tastes.
@lunarmodule6419
June 25, 2024 at 7:48 pm
Excellent thx!
@oshikuru09
June 25, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Gloria trying to explain to Jay why the remote broke again
@myggelstreams3390
June 25, 2024 at 7:51 pm
This sounds like danish
@mightymarshmallow6073
June 25, 2024 at 7:59 pm
Soooooo Irish
@bm8985
June 25, 2024 at 7:59 pm
Very cool. Much prefer modern English, but very cool.
@S.Gamedev-zc2wp
June 25, 2024 at 8:04 pm
Isn’t that just Irish accent
@gregb2794
June 25, 2024 at 8:06 pm
Can’t trust an American with history
@elis8669
June 25, 2024 at 8:07 pm
Sounds Dutch.
@joebonsaipoland
June 25, 2024 at 8:25 pm
Very cool
@sunnylilacs
June 25, 2024 at 8:37 pm
Aha! So when I’m in a silly mood and pronouncing all the letters of knife and knight, I’m actually speaking in an old English accent! Sorry, Middle English
@TheThingoftheSky
June 25, 2024 at 8:39 pm
Just me or it sounds rather egyptiany, like something you’d hear at some incantation ceremony
@Maatkara1000
June 25, 2024 at 9:18 pm
Yeah, you clearly haven’t heard Egyptian in your entire life 😂
@aidanblystone2995
June 25, 2024 at 8:41 pm
Sounds like the average British person
@xsyl0m
June 25, 2024 at 8:41 pm
Sounds just like god’s strongest soldier, the Witchfinder General of the colony of Massachusetts Bay!
@dizzydemeter
June 25, 2024 at 8:44 pm
We used to pronounce the k in knight?! 🤯
@meowmeow2506
June 25, 2024 at 8:46 pm
tentacion
@Shamrockshame13....
June 25, 2024 at 8:56 pm
It sounds like Scottish or Welsh
@Foxxiy
June 25, 2024 at 9:02 pm
STRAELBORA!
@bachisbacktoblack
June 25, 2024 at 9:06 pm
So the asian pronouce was right!
@SkellyK1
June 25, 2024 at 9:15 pm
Come to the north of England. Pretty sure that’s the closest thing you’ll get
@lesliemccormick6527
June 25, 2024 at 9:18 pm
The Swedish Chef.
@amphere4670
June 25, 2024 at 9:18 pm
Is it bad to say that it sounds like Trixie Mattel’s Swedish accent
@chasesutherland1168
June 25, 2024 at 9:19 pm
so basically just dutch
@ca147
June 25, 2024 at 9:22 pm
It sounds like Latin pronunciation.
@thatbiss
June 25, 2024 at 9:24 pm
if sims tried to speak english…
@skolvikes4592
June 26, 2024 at 8:34 pm
She was a great guest I hope wired features her again
@coffeenorth
June 26, 2024 at 8:34 pm
That’s when English was still very close to German.
@Bennett_Cerf
June 26, 2024 at 8:35 pm
I had a college professor that would also recite the Lord’s Prayer as his Medieval English pronunciation example. That class was not very useful except for when I went to an AA meeting and I vaguely knew what the words were supposed to be.
@sammiemoore
June 26, 2024 at 8:38 pm
Sounds like a cross between Amish and Scottish
@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718
June 26, 2024 at 8:40 pm
That Lords Prayer was so beautiful!!
@japonesa5186
June 26, 2024 at 8:44 pm
🔥
@TheIndogamer
June 26, 2024 at 8:49 pm
It’s like a Scottish man trying to read Dutch
@franklee538
June 26, 2024 at 8:49 pm
So that means anyone who speaks modern English will most likely struggle if they went to the past. Nice.
@abedkhalifeh496
June 26, 2024 at 8:52 pm
Girl that’s trixie mattel speaking Swedish
@amberfur5750
June 26, 2024 at 8:55 pm
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@bandotaku
June 26, 2024 at 8:56 pm
I took a course on Chaucer and my professor said about the same thing. He told us “if you have taken a foreign language, pronounce the vowels like you would in that language, and assume that all the letters are meant to be there to be pronounced.”
@Sebbe1993
June 26, 2024 at 8:58 pm
so the spelling actually use to make sense
@garfield2130
June 26, 2024 at 8:58 pm
You’re telling me Monty Python got it right?
@CHRISSYCHICK
June 26, 2024 at 9:09 pm
“I dont believe you” – ron burgundy, 2024
@marions.3657
June 26, 2024 at 9:11 pm
It sounds scottish
@EazyHelper
June 26, 2024 at 9:12 pm
English is just Bad French
@shintanetagawa
June 26, 2024 at 9:14 pm
At the end there I got princess bride flashbacks.
“WUVE. TOO WUVE.”
@BardicDesperation
June 26, 2024 at 9:18 pm
“…and pronounce every letter.”
“weef”
@anaisan009
June 26, 2024 at 9:18 pm
Sounds scandinavian
@chiliandcornbread09
June 26, 2024 at 9:21 pm
Sounds like dartz in yugioh abridged
@jn8922
June 26, 2024 at 9:21 pm
Sounds very “special”
@juliavan7
June 26, 2024 at 9:22 pm
XXXtemptacion
@samyjoseph4798
June 26, 2024 at 9:24 pm
So it was easier
@santiagoruizvalle5668
June 26, 2024 at 9:25 pm
That is just scotish
@izylixy
June 26, 2024 at 9:27 pm
When people question my English I will say that I speak “medieval English”
@pumpapaj8977
June 27, 2024 at 8:24 pm
The pronounciation of house is exactly as it is in Swedish today.
@AnniePoop2003
June 27, 2024 at 8:25 pm
This sounds like Trixie’s Swedish impression. Sponsored by klarna
@carzxth
June 27, 2024 at 8:28 pm
It’s like a dutch person trying to use Latin and that checks out
@user-ob4qw3oo6u
June 27, 2024 at 8:36 pm
sounds like latin 😮
@myfaceismyshield5963
June 27, 2024 at 8:37 pm
More like French and German… in French you never even pronounce H.
@jufrosamurai
June 27, 2024 at 8:40 pm
XXXtemptassceon
@yayayarelis
June 27, 2024 at 8:43 pm
That’s sort of what Scottish sounds like.
@latenitewaffles7926
June 27, 2024 at 8:46 pm
So like a Scottish, Scandinavian, and French Accent had an unholy baby?
@alexanderfrostmourne2140
June 27, 2024 at 8:48 pm
Jamaican af
@user-ol4pc6dz3w
June 27, 2024 at 8:55 pm
Sounds kind of scotish
@themelancholyofgay3543
June 27, 2024 at 8:56 pm
it sounds so much bettrr
@hirtisrandolph4843
June 27, 2024 at 8:57 pm
So, Swedish Cher? Got it.
@adolphgracius9996
June 27, 2024 at 8:59 pm
Horrible, I’m glad english got a much needed upgrade
@clifb.3521
June 27, 2024 at 9:04 pm
Help help I’m being repressed. Come see the violence inherent
In the system.
@samsungemployee5243
June 27, 2024 at 9:06 pm
Sounds like Dutch… knight sounds like knecht (assistant)
@bawdybroad
June 27, 2024 at 9:07 pm
Wait…. Monty Python Holy Grail castle scene was CORRECT when they said K-nig-its?
@user-me4rw9cb7m
June 27, 2024 at 9:09 pm
Haha try reading the original english translation of the bible.
@karlynbrinker440
June 27, 2024 at 9:12 pm
Wait… So what I’m hearing is Monte Python almost got it right.
@johanandhira5429
June 27, 2024 at 9:14 pm
Turned out Fairy God Mother teaches linguistics when Prince Charming wasn’t around
@uglahboi6074
June 27, 2024 at 9:15 pm
Soooooo… basically a Scottish accent 😂😂
@user-eu1fy4cc4e
June 27, 2024 at 9:15 pm
trixie mattel doing her swedish accent
@user-nb8tk6hh6x
June 27, 2024 at 9:20 pm
TLDR terrible
@michaelwescott8064
June 27, 2024 at 9:22 pm
She said prounce every letter, but left both e silent in house and wife.
@manhavai
June 27, 2024 at 9:23 pm
Thas how scotish sound 😂
@orpheus0108
June 27, 2024 at 9:27 pm
Brother what kind of French do you speak
@Pelerin985
June 28, 2024 at 8:02 pm
Sounds like a scotsman parodied by Monty Python
@downthehola
June 28, 2024 at 8:02 pm
Sounds Norwegian in a way
@kingming3738
June 28, 2024 at 8:04 pm
Tell me this is a skit.
@kungpaodickens
June 28, 2024 at 8:06 pm
So husband is hoos ben
@jesuschris9650
June 28, 2024 at 8:17 pm
Danglish
@hasaniennis442
June 28, 2024 at 8:21 pm
So they pronounced all the letters. Kind of reminds me of how the Romanian language is spoken.
@renoona
June 28, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Cool chainmail necklace lady
@oliveryt7168
June 28, 2024 at 8:30 pm
This would solve many problems with the English language.
@angelabrown8458
June 28, 2024 at 8:32 pm
There’s some (modern) Scandinavian, Scottish and Latin sounds in that which makes sense. Interesting.
@ecos889
June 28, 2024 at 8:38 pm
Basically you become scottish.
@WardMB
June 28, 2024 at 8:41 pm
Waaaww!!! That’s so strange and cool
@gd3551
June 28, 2024 at 8:42 pm
Interesting
@StarlahMutiny
June 28, 2024 at 8:46 pm
Sophie Willan has been speaking middle english this whole time!
@iamsolia
June 28, 2024 at 8:48 pm
So Scottish. The Scots are the closest living examples of Medieval times. Got it ✅
@Kokolo-ze2cp
June 28, 2024 at 8:50 pm
“Knicked” and “~Temptacion~” got me 😂
@bugpal
June 28, 2024 at 8:51 pm
I kind of don’t hate it.
@izabeleg4894
June 28, 2024 at 9:02 pm
TEMPTASIUM!!!
@KeepsYouUpAtNight
June 28, 2024 at 9:06 pm
French speakers watching this short:
🍷 🤡 🥖
@usmanaisha2422
June 28, 2024 at 9:07 pm
Wont it be easy for kids to spell correctly 😂. Like my daughter says letter is not making a sound why to put there. Note that english is nit my first language and its already hard for me to teach her different spellings
@tuluvota
June 28, 2024 at 9:09 pm
now wonder why the world is in shambles.. god speaks mid evil eng and he doesn’t understand our prayers
@SwordsmanMike
June 28, 2024 at 9:15 pm
So english used to make more sense before then now
@bladester9087
June 28, 2024 at 9:18 pm
Sounds like a bunch of hosers eh
@figurespeech101
June 28, 2024 at 9:18 pm
me when I lie
@hbitsorg2275
June 28, 2024 at 9:21 pm
How about canterberry tales? Whan thine April wit his shoures soote, the drougthe of March hath perced him to the roote….
@Wajze
June 28, 2024 at 9:22 pm
So swedish.
@lollol-wi8im
June 29, 2024 at 8:15 pm
The words house and knight sound so similar to Swedish (hus and knäckt), very interesting😮
@H4ARLEQU1N_
June 29, 2024 at 8:17 pm
Sounds like a bad mix of english and norse.. Makes sense for the time-period
@untitledpornstar5530
June 29, 2024 at 8:17 pm
Hus in Norwegian too.
@Lunar994
June 29, 2024 at 8:23 pm
Sounds like Scots, which kinda makes sense
@misstaylor5104
June 29, 2024 at 8:24 pm
So medieval English is just a present-day Canadian accent 🇨🇦 lol
@JorMother
June 29, 2024 at 8:24 pm
You can really hear the Saxon influence.
@far2kthoughts158
June 29, 2024 at 8:29 pm
Sounds a lot like Irish people speaking english.
@wild4newlife
June 29, 2024 at 8:31 pm
😂😂😂😂
@NYUTU-MG
June 29, 2024 at 8:35 pm
Sounds like a place where Belgium and Holland meet
@torreydunn7034
June 29, 2024 at 8:37 pm
I’m going to start practicing the prayer like that. When people ask me why I’m going that. I’m going to tell them I. About to go medieval. Lol
@PeterRSCFF
June 29, 2024 at 8:38 pm
“K’niggt” EXACTLY like Monty Python’s Frenchy
@cococrabby550
June 29, 2024 at 8:40 pm
So basically irish
@felipeemanuel5790
June 29, 2024 at 8:41 pm
So, the pronunciation of the medieval English makes more sense than modern English.
@joevalome5443
June 29, 2024 at 8:42 pm
So they sounded Irish thanks
@amjthe_paleosquare9399
June 29, 2024 at 8:47 pm
This sounds like a time when English had actual grammatical rules to follow and stick to 😂
@CliffordNedTrash
June 29, 2024 at 8:48 pm
Its giving canadian on drugs
@AliTahreiSh
June 29, 2024 at 8:52 pm
How do you know how they sounded?
@suyasuman
June 29, 2024 at 8:53 pm
So medievel english was when english words were pronounced as they were written, before we decided prounouce things rabdomly and with a bunch of rules and slient letters and shii
@bluefiasco2344
June 29, 2024 at 8:55 pm
You have just summoned the Witchfinder General
@riftwake178
June 29, 2024 at 8:57 pm
As a medieval kinect, I can confirm this is accurate
@andree1991
June 29, 2024 at 9:07 pm
She said pronounce every letter but doesn’t pronounce the e at the end of WIFE or HOUSE. What a foolish woman
@Knotyourdad
June 29, 2024 at 9:11 pm
Woow that was shiter then i expected thank god someone seen how they would really sound said yea no let’s tweak it
@BluefishRedfish
June 29, 2024 at 9:14 pm
I love her chainmail necklace. S
@saucedgamingnetwork4394
June 29, 2024 at 9:25 pm
Great job, sounds terrible
@senpaisally69
June 29, 2024 at 9:26 pm
So a nothern accent
@I-Want-The-Truth
June 30, 2024 at 7:33 pm
Basically sound scottish 😂
@antaeussnorik6790
June 30, 2024 at 7:37 pm
Best was the “Ki-nect”.
@steveo7502
June 30, 2024 at 7:38 pm
So Scottish!
@paolofranchini4417
June 30, 2024 at 7:39 pm
That sounds so similar to jamaican pronunciaton
@kevinfelton689
June 30, 2024 at 7:43 pm
Makes sense when you think about how much influence France had over the English language after 1066.
I read somewhere that Richard I only spoke French.
@CWHolleman
June 30, 2024 at 7:50 pm
No one was pronouncing the word
“Knight” as “Kuh-nickt”
Never even heard that suggested until this video.
@nio804
June 30, 2024 at 7:50 pm
Back when English spelling made sense.
@user-ei7de4ld4l
June 30, 2024 at 8:08 pm
we used to speak like a scottish italian. got it.
@spicymemes7458
June 30, 2024 at 8:09 pm
Gerard Butler is Medieval. Nice!
@beatrizmalta1858
June 30, 2024 at 8:17 pm
The apostrophe in Shakespeare writing, like on “K’nigt” or “Dar’d’, kills me every time (I am Brazilian)
@Lakitus_Cloud
June 30, 2024 at 8:28 pm
Just sounds like my grandma to me.
@tho4747
June 30, 2024 at 8:28 pm
Sounds a bit like Norwegian.
@davide2650
June 30, 2024 at 8:44 pm
So Medieval English is just Scottish. Got it. Thanks!
@aelius_audio
June 30, 2024 at 8:45 pm
Sounds like some Amish
@FreePalestine3974
June 30, 2024 at 8:48 pm
Neanderthals.
@underratedcritic1983
June 30, 2024 at 8:50 pm
This is an amazing history lesson. I wonder how she knows this.
@ShadowofZeus_
June 30, 2024 at 8:50 pm
Geordie basically
@remnant1018
June 30, 2024 at 8:54 pm
So what you’re saying is🤔my reading skills at age 6 would’ve been perfect in medieval times. Huh. My teachers owe me some points back🤨
@Porlakh
June 30, 2024 at 9:00 pm
So… as it should xD
@reynilchristianellarina8350
June 30, 2024 at 9:01 pm
so trixie mattel’s swedish wasnt just swedish its also medieval english 😂
@carlafalasca4514
June 30, 2024 at 9:03 pm
Sounds like a middle italian schooler trying to read at ita best capacity a paragraph in english
@zefallafez
June 30, 2024 at 9:06 pm
Willy the grounds keeper
@bokiantic
June 30, 2024 at 9:07 pm
Sounds like dutch😮
@MENSANurse
June 30, 2024 at 9:10 pm
sooooo.. Scottish?
@TheRealNormanBates
June 30, 2024 at 9:25 pm
“Now go away, or I will taunt you a second time!”