zwiebel
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At the link is a recording of a modern-day linguist reading a 500-year-old, funny poem about a parrot. It's in English but a person would hardly recognize the language. If you understand a little Latin, French or German it might help...or not. Perhaps that's why it's called 'Speke Parrot'.
I've tried it looking at the subtitles and with my eyes closed and have concluded that if that's English, I don't speak it!
Have a try, see if you can understand 500-year-old spoken English/AKA Speke Parrot. Anyone who comes up with a translation gets a gold star! And no, I don't know how they've figured out the pronunciation.
http://i100.independent.co.uk/artic...guage-sounded-like-500-years-ago--b1leV6aXmLg
I've tried it looking at the subtitles and with my eyes closed and have concluded that if that's English, I don't speak it!
Have a try, see if you can understand 500-year-old spoken English/AKA Speke Parrot. Anyone who comes up with a translation gets a gold star! And no, I don't know how they've figured out the pronunciation.
http://i100.independent.co.uk/artic...guage-sounded-like-500-years-ago--b1leV6aXmLg