(January 17, 2016 at 10:32 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: It doesn't really matter which dialect they're using, all British people do that hard fast "a" sound. The only difference is that Southerners and posh twats will drag out the letter "a" into a long "ah" in some words, but not all. Like "glaaahss".Well, that’s what this thread is about—where the languages came from and how they’ve affected one another over the years.
Your other questions, I have no idea. The transformation into modern English was slow. Elizabethan/Early Modern English actually wasn't dramatically different to today, it just had the ye olde-ness with the "thou canst" "thy" etc. A lot of people think Elizabethan is "Middle English", but it's not. Real "Old English" (pre-1000AD) and even "Middle English" (1000-1400), modern English speakers would actually struggle to understand them. I don't really know anything more than that, I only know where it came from and what languages have influenced it.
One of my novels is set in the 19th century and my main character happens upon a group of Quakers. I use Katherine Johns Elizabethan English dictionary to authenticate their speech. I’m still not completely sure when to end verbs on –est or –eth, but it’s accessible to the average reader and at the same time won’t make a knowledgeable reader groan—I hope.
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
