Video! Yay!

Hey guys, here is a pretty relevant video. Pay attention to her accent, pronunciation, and then what she says when she is saying her lines. Copy and paste the url into your address bar, and it will take you to the video.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=old+english&emb=1&aq=f#q=shakespeare%20plays&emb=1

Pics galore

Here are some pictures representing Old English, that I foud interesting, or pretty cool:

questionnaire

Hey guys, okay, here is a questionnaire, which I will be using to collect my data. I will be handing this out to my fellow classmates in homeroom, feel free to comment, or leave questions and concerns.

Questionnaire

1. What is Old English?

2. When was Old English used?

3. Who used Old English?

4. Who wrote stories with Old English?

5. How does Old English differ from modern English?

6. What are your perspectives on Old English?

7. Have you ever been interested in Old English?

Coming up next

Hey guys, whatsup? So, I have decide some of the primary resources I want to use, because I have also decided that instead of doing mainly London Dialects, i'd like to include old english translations. In order to do this, I have decided to use some of Shakespeare's plays as references, and I have also found a cool little video to use, it includes Rina Pignone, trying out a scene for the play, "Much Ado About Nothing" and she is playing the role of Beatrice. If you listen closely, you will notice her accent, and also the way she says things. Any way, I will be posting the video soon, and also maybe some Shakespeare scripts, which I will try and translate to what it would say modern day.

How it started; My research

Heya bloggers of "London dialect; the past and the present" wow that's a mouthful! So, if you are interested in london dialects, AKA, the slang they use, different languages or words they might use for different professions, and hierarchies, and the way they pronounce things, then this might be an interesting site for you! Yay! If that topic totally and completely bores you, then don't read it, move on to a different site. Booh! Anyways, you might wonder, why would someone research london dialects randomly, then make them into a blog. Well, I am doing this for a freshman language arts project. So, the first step I have been working on, is basically I have been researchng the etymology of the london dialects, so that I can figure out where it all started, and it is going okay. I have found a few sites, that will be of vital importance to me, but I still need to research some of the more modern slangs and dialects used in London. I do know, that in the past they didn't really speak in English, unless they were poor, but insted they would use Latin, for intellectual purposes, and French, for people higher up the ranking pole, so to speak. Some of the sites I used, include, http://www.uni-duisburg-essen.de/SHE/HE_DialectsModernEnglish.htm http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/library/oe/oe.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_English

So, anyways, I hope you found what I found interesting, I will be back soon with more info on the london dialects, only this time it will be modern. :)

Language Beliefs: Okay, my language beliefs are, that language is a part of who you were, who you are, and who you will be. You cannot change your languistical ways, any more than you can change you. Which, I suppose is possible, but on some levels, it won't change.

Research Goals: Originaly, my research goals, were to find out about the different dialects in London, and how they evolved through time. However, when my research topic changed, so did my goals, so, now, my goals are, to show you the 'real' Olde Englysh styles. Also, to show you that some of the things people think about Olde Englysh, are prejudiced.

Research Questions: My new research questions are, when was Olde Englysh used, why, and by who.

Research Plan: My research plan, was to google as much info about Olde Englysh as possible, and then find a translator system online to translate simple sentences.