SolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1403arrow-down1imageDo the people in Reniassance festivals occurring in Britain also speak with faked British accents, or do they use faked French/Italian accents instead?lemmy.worldSolidGrue@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square109fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareammonium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s not unheard of, Icelandic is much closer to Old Norse than Norwegian is. There are many reasons why this could be the case: pure chance, less outside influence of other languages, a smaller group of people, … Not all of these apply to the US and I have no idea whether English in the US has less changed than in the UK.
It’s not unheard of, Icelandic is much closer to Old Norse than Norwegian is.
There are many reasons why this could be the case: pure chance, less outside influence of other languages, a smaller group of people, …
Not all of these apply to the US and I have no idea whether English in the US has less changed than in the UK.