tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1701676533232692359..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The Lord's Prayer recited in Old EnglishMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44117006695173793342010-10-10T12:27:05.592-05:002010-10-10T12:27:05.592-05:00"For thine . . . is itself a mistranslation. ..."For thine . . . is itself a mistranslation. As linguist-historian Trevor Whitfield has shown, it should read "For the Rhine is the kingdom . . ."Old Gargoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09875853676045366023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28199367163554603812010-10-05T08:57:04.844-05:002010-10-05T08:57:04.844-05:00The celts were christians whilst the English (the ...The celts were christians whilst the English (the Anglo Saxons) were still grubbing around the forests of northern Germany and waiting to come to Britain as illegal immigrants.<br /><br />Oh, and if you were transported back to the court of King Arthur you'd be hearing Welsh or Latin (yes I know he may never have existed).bellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112827272501126012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85647132248185566702010-10-03T20:08:01.620-05:002010-10-03T20:08:01.620-05:00Highly unlikely. The Celts were not Christians...Highly unlikely. The Celts were not Christians...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-38560363363031319582010-10-02T09:21:04.412-05:002010-10-02T09:21:04.412-05:00Would the Lord's Prayer actually have been rec...Would the Lord's Prayer actually have been recited in Old English? I thought everything was in Latin until the Reformation.Kay S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-42481686657336960852010-10-01T08:01:31.816-05:002010-10-01T08:01:31.816-05:00king arthur wasn't english! he was a briton an...king arthur wasn't english! he was a briton and spoke celtic. he was famous for killing english people who his kind referred to as "saxonnes" the saxons in turn referred to the britons as "welsh" meaning strange ones in old english.<br /><br />see more old english here<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjfzvSptELM&feature=related<br /><br />the germanic/norse influence on the english language was lessened somewhat by norman invasion but far more by the general shift in trade and relations from scandinavian countries to france, italy and spain.Survive the Jivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06884955487416706392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74628275112686349162010-09-30T22:05:09.432-05:002010-09-30T22:05:09.432-05:00Huh. I read (part of) a line-by-line translation o...Huh. I read (part of) a line-by-line translation of Beowulf and found the Old English to be completely incomprehensible, so it's interesting that I could catch about half of the spoken words. It wouldn't be easy, but I'm sure I could pick that up far fast than, say, Mandarin. I'm actually tempted to try now. I'd probably have an easier time with Shakespeare as a side effect.<br /><br />Anonymous, here's the good old middle finger for you. :-p Go read about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textual_criticism if you really want to get into it.Mel V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-6996182732305893612010-09-29T23:38:51.206-05:002010-09-29T23:38:51.206-05:00But but but, it is the inerrant word of g(G)od, ho...But but but, it is the inerrant word of g(G)od, how can there be different versions?!?!?!!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68819693344271136212010-09-29T19:20:05.705-05:002010-09-29T19:20:05.705-05:00Inkhorn. Interesting word.
http://en.wikipedia.o...Inkhorn. Interesting word.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkhorn<br /><br />Thanx.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-92089341712916187332010-09-29T18:50:20.122-05:002010-09-29T18:50:20.122-05:00What's amazing is to look at English a mere tw...What's amazing is to look at English a mere two centuries later and see how much it changes (e.g. The Canterbury Tales). It is mostly readable given knowledge of today's English, especially compared to Old English (e.g. this prayer or Beowulf).<br /><br />My understanding is that when the crown split from France they adopted the English Language as a sign of their independence. Many words were Lacking so they would anglicize the French word. Basically English is a creole language of Old English and French, later adding many inkhorn terms from Latin & Greek.tachnosaddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078704888737397220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2872053782791094452010-09-29T16:43:49.604-05:002010-09-29T16:43:49.604-05:00meh.
it's a little slow-moving and over-drama...meh.<br /><br />it's a little slow-moving and over-dramatic for my taste.<br /><br />this is the version of the Lord's prayer that i use at home, and typically i do without the slow-whirl graphics and synthesized music.<br /><br />neither am i impressed with this reader's diction, but it is what it is, i guess.flaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926786246931651655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-91218423666890432732010-09-29T16:02:30.739-05:002010-09-29T16:02:30.739-05:00Completely mesmerizing! And I my bizarre brain ju...Completely mesmerizing! And I my bizarre brain just ruined everything by trying to imagine Druids Tweeting, arrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com