Talk like a pirate...or Shakespeare.

[McElmurry]

Stumbled across this video on pronunciation during the time of Shakespeare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s

It was posted on Reddit by someone suggesting Shakespeare era English was the source for what we now think of as a pirate accent.

[StevieR]

Thanks for the link. I enjoyed that. Produced by the Open University, who are a very credible seat of learning.

[mookien]

Shiver me timbers matey! Now, I have to read all those wretched plays over again.

Thanks for posting.

[ASinclair]

Shiver me timbers matey! Now, I have to read all those wretched plays over again.

Thanks for posting.

Arrr, right ye be, Johnnie!