fiddaritt

Does anyone have any ideas for my boys (6 and 8) to experience Old
English? They are both very curious about it and honestly I am a bit
stumped. Thanks in advance, Sarah

Sandra Dodd

-=-Does anyone have any ideas for my boys (6 and 8) to experience Old
English? They are both very curious about it and honestly I am a bit
stumped. Thanks in advance, Sarah-=-

Google for Anglo Saxon or Old English sound files, or Beowulf
original wav (something like that, so you'll be finding pages with
sound files).



Sometimes people say Old English when they really mean Renaissance
English. If you didn't really mean thousand-year-old-English,
Shakespeare videos are the easiest thing for early modern English.

Between those two is Chaucer, Middle English, and you can find
recordings of some of that online too.

Sandra

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fiddaritt

Thank you for your help- I will see if they can articulate a little
more specifically to me what time period it is that they are
interested in - my guess is that they mean renaissance, but I hesitate
to guess- we do have an excellent recording of Beowulf read by Seamus
Heaney that we love to listen to- well, I better get off the computer
and ask! Thanks again, Sarah

--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> -=-Does anyone have any ideas for my boys (6 and 8) to experience Old
> English? They are both very curious about it and honestly I am a bit
> stumped. Thanks in advance, Sarah-=-
>
> Google for Anglo Saxon or Old English sound files, or Beowulf
> original wav (something like that, so you'll be finding pages with
> sound files).
>
>
>
> Sometimes people say Old English when they really mean Renaissance
> English. If you didn't really mean thousand-year-old-English,
> Shakespeare videos are the easiest thing for early modern English.
>
> Between those two is Chaucer, Middle English, and you can find
> recordings of some of that online too.
>
> Sandra
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Ryan

http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/

This looks to be an excellent on-line learn Old Engish website. Lots
of audio files to get a sense of pronunciation.

Personally, I always had a thing for the Middle Engish of Chaucer.
Hearing The Canterbury Tales read in Middle Engish, by someone who's
really good at it, is a real treat.









--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> -=-Does anyone have any ideas for my boys (6 and 8) to experience
Old
> English? They are both very curious about it and honestly I am a bit
> stumped. Thanks in advance, Sarah-=-
>
> Google for Anglo Saxon or Old English sound files, or Beowulf
> original wav (something like that, so you'll be finding pages with
> sound files).
>
>
>
> Sometimes people say Old English when they really mean Renaissance
> English. If you didn't really mean thousand-year-old-English,
> Shakespeare videos are the easiest thing for early modern English.
>
> Between those two is Chaucer, Middle English, and you can find
> recordings of some of that online too.
>
> Sandra
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Sandra Dodd

-=-Thank you for your help- I will see if they can articulate a little
more specifically to me what time period it is that they are
interested in - my guess is that they mean renaissance-=-

If you discover what they're really interested in is the "thee and
thou" days, here's something I wrote for people in the SCA, but it
might help them. Or it might give you ideas for helping them.

http://sandradodd.com/ideas/language2.html



And there's quite a few unschoolers' ideas about Shakespeare here:

http://sandradodd.com/shakespeare/

http://sandradodd.com/strew/shakespeare



Sandra

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Sandra Dodd

--- In [email protected], "fiddaritt" <halffull@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any ideas for my boys (6 and 8) to experience Old
> English? They are both very curious about it and honestly I am a bit
> stumped. Thanks in advance, Sarah

==========================

I found something good! It's Shakespearean English, early-modern period, but it's
painless and fun and lots of vocabulary. I *think* the guy says "jumping monkeys!" so if
anyone listening can confirm or correct that I'd appreciate it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaGHVWKrcpQ
"Shakespeare's Who's on First"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
Abbott and Costello's

and when you're on YouTube you can see other versions on the "related videos" sidebar.

I don't recommend "study" of it or listing vocabulary or anything, but just letting it wash
over them. They'll pick some bits up, and they'll know where it is in the future to come
back to it.

Sandra

Joanna Murphy

Nice twist--but I'm hearing something more like, "mountin' monkeys!"

Joanna

> I found something good! It's Shakespearean English, early-modern period, but it's
> painless and fun and lots of vocabulary. I *think* the guy says "jumping monkeys!" so if
> anyone listening can confirm or correct that I'd appreciate it.
>

diana jenner

--- In [email protected] <AlwaysLearning%40yahoogroups.com>,
"fiddaritt" <halffull@...> wrote:

> > Does anyone have any ideas for my boys (6 and 8) to experience Old
> > English? They are both very curious about it and honestly I am a bit
> > stumped. Thanks in advance, Sarah
> .
>
>
>

I loved Canterbury Tales by Chaucer in it's original Olde English -- then it
was personalized for me (decades later!) by A Knight's Tale (with Heath
Ledger). Chaucer is the naked guy ;) I loved thinking of him as a *person*
who had these grand adventures then decided to write about them...
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com


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Sandra Dodd

-=-I loved Canterbury Tales by Chaucer in it's original Olde English -=-

Canterbury Tales are in Middle English.
Beowulf is in Old English.

It's all old. Even the way my granny talked is too old for Holly to
understand. <g>
It's all old, but "Old English" is a specific period (and sometimes
called "Anglo-Saxon")

Sandra

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diana jenner

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:

> -=-I loved Canterbury Tales by Chaucer in it's original Olde English -=-
>
> Canterbury Tales are in Middle English.
> Beowulf is in Old English.
>
> It's all old. Even the way my granny talked is too old for Holly to
> understand. <g>
> It's all old, but "Old English" is a specific period (and sometimes
> called "Anglo-Saxon")
>
>



I'm sure I learned that for the test -- and promptly forgot ;)
I bet it sticks now ::g::
-
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com


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fiddaritt

Thanks for the ideas. . they are currently listening to a cd of Seamus
Heany reading Beowulf. . .and loving it. I like the description of
having it wash over them. . .that is something I can actually recall
on numerous occasions. It is quite enticing isn't it. . to have
information wash over you. . almost draws you in. Now that I think
about it, one of the reasons I love libraries and bookstores is that
feeling of knowledge washing over me like a wave when I walk in. .
ready and at my disposal. No pressure. . just excitement and
availability. sarah

--- In [email protected], "Sandra Dodd" <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "fiddaritt" <halffull@> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas for my boys (6 and 8) to experience Old
> > English? They are both very curious about it and honestly I am a bit
> > stumped. Thanks in advance, Sarah
>
> ==========================
>
> I found something good! It's Shakespearean English, early-modern
period, but it's
> painless and fun and lots of vocabulary. I *think* the guy says
"jumping monkeys!" so if
> anyone listening can confirm or correct that I'd appreciate it.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaGHVWKrcpQ
> "Shakespeare's Who's on First"
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
> Abbott and Costello's
>
> and when you're on YouTube you can see other versions on the
"related videos" sidebar.
>
> I don't recommend "study" of it or listing vocabulary or anything,
but just letting it wash
> over them. They'll pick some bits up, and they'll know where it is
in the future to come
> back to it.
>
> Sandra
>

Sandra Dodd

-=-they are currently listening to a cd of Seamus
Heany reading Beowulf. . .and loving it. -=-

I love that too, but it's a translation. It's a cool translation,
though!

-=-I like the description of having it wash over them. . .that is
something I can actually recall on numerous occasions. It is quite
enticing isn't it. . to have information wash over you. . almost
draws you in. Now that I think about it, one of the reasons I love
libraries and bookstores is that feeling of knowledge washing over me
like a wave when I walk in. .ready and at my disposal. No pressure. .
just excitement and availability.-=-

Our whole lives are like that. That's what unschooling is like with
our family.



Sandra






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Krisula

>>
Canterbury Tales are in Middle English. Beowulf is in Old English.

It's all old. Even the way my granny talked is too old for Holly to
understand. <g>
It's all old, but "Old English" is a specific period (and sometimes
called "Anglo-Saxon")

Sandra<<



Just in case anyone is interested, there is a new translation of Beowulf by
Seamus Heaney who is also a poet and a Nobel Laureate (1995). I heard it
was a great read. Here's a link.
http://www.wwnorton.com/catalog/fall00/032097.htm or
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374111197/rambles Connections.



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