While randomly browsing YouTube the other day, I happened across this video:
It’s a reading from an associate professor at MIT, reading some lines from Beowulf in Old English. It’s quite incomprehensible to my American-English trained ears. It’s hard to believe this is what English sounded like once upon a time.
The associate professor also reads Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in Middle English and this I can understand somewhat. A little bit, if I listen closely.
It’s really amazing what English used to sound like.
Story Treasury 
Yes it is amazing. So much for going back in a time machine and easily fitting in to that culture.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
Interesting. I couldn’t imagine speaking in such a way because of how Americanized we are. Thanks for visiting The Book Connection.
I took a course in Old English for school, and it was fascinating. Once in a while you would find a word that was similar to a word from today, but that was rare!