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capri0mniI got into a chat about Shakespeare with dialecticdreamer yesterday, and the topic of Original Pronunciation came up. One of the leaders of this movement is David Crystal, and earlier this year, I binged on videos oh his public appearances. Here are a couple of my favorites, both from British Council Serbia, last year.
This first one may be of particular interest todialecticdreamer, because he's talking about the various influences that bring particular languages into dominance, and shape how they change as they spread, on a global scale. In this particular case he's talking about present day Earth, but the same principles can be applied to the mining colonies of Alpha Centauri Beta, or whatever world you're building where you want to explore interesting cultural textures.
And this one I like because he makes the point that the most important thing language is used for is playing, and being silly. *nods* I like this man!
dialecticdreamer yesterday, and the topic of Original Pronunciation came up. One of the leaders of this movement is David Crystal, and earlier this year, I binged on videos oh his public appearances. Here are a couple of my favorites, both from British Council Serbia, last year. This first one may be of particular interest to
dialecticdreamer, because he's talking about the various influences that bring particular languages into dominance, and shape how they change as they spread, on a global scale. In this particular case he's talking about present day Earth, but the same principles can be applied to the mining colonies of Alpha Centauri Beta, or whatever world you're building where you want to explore interesting cultural textures.And this one I like because he makes the point that the most important thing language is used for is playing, and being silly. *nods* I like this man!
