Daily Archives: April 15, 2015

The sounds of historical English

Posted on April 15, 2015 | 1 comment

A couple of weeks ago, I did an “English language time machine” piece for The Week. This week, it’s up as a podcast, for those who prefer to listen:

What the English of Shakespeare, Beowulf, and King Arthur actually sounded like

 

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The sound of 2050

Posted on April 15, 2015 | 3 comments

The Week is doing a special series on the US in the year 2050. They asked me to write an article on what English will be like then. I obliged. Here it is, with illustrative videos:

What Americans will sound like in 2050

 

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