The Story of Us in the Germanic Languages (ft. Steve the Vagabond) @mikedoesvoiceovers

mikedoesvoiceovers I'm back, collaborating with the #1 name in linguistics memes, Steve the Vagabond and Silly Linguist! This week we discuss a few reasons why English is so darn weird. More soon!

IMPORTANT CORRECTION FROM STEVE:
"I realised recently that the very end is not 100% accurate. The
technical term for the change discussed in the video is the Ingvaeonic
Nasal Spirant Law (spirant was an old word for fricative). Strictly
speaking this change only affected nasals followed by fricatives such
as n followed by s.

So this part 'The loss of "n" before a consonant was so complete in
English that the only examples of "n" followed by another consonant
are because the words had a different form at the time and only lost a
vowel or consonant at a later point bringing it to its current form
(like the word "month" which was originally "monaþ")' is not strictly
accurate because it should be 'n before a fricative', but we didn't
explain what a fricative is."

updated 5 years ago

The Story of Us in the Germanic Languages (ft. Steve the Vagabond)

mikedoesvoiceovers 2019-04-27 | I'm back, collaborating with the #1 name in linguistics memes, Steve the Vagabond and Silly Linguist! This week we discuss a few reasons why English is so darn weird. More soon!

IMPORTANT CORRECTION FROM STEVE:
"I realised recently that the very end is not 100% accurate. The
technical term for the change discussed in the video is the Ingvaeonic
Nasal Spirant Law (spirant was an old word for fricative). Strictly
speaking this change only affected nasals followed by fricatives such
as n followed by s.

So this part 'The loss of "n" before a consonant was so complete in
English that the only examples of "n" followed by another consonant
are because the words had a different form at the time and only lost a
vowel or consonant at a later point bringing it to its current form
(like the word "month" which was originally "monaþ")' is not strictly
accurate because it should be 'n before a fricative', but we didn't
explain what a fricative is."

bird poop da vinci musical.

mikedoesvoiceovers 2023-05-30 | a story that demands to be told. "ted talk tuesday" episode 1

BBC "Political Butterfly Effect": bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00146w2

Cake - Apple Bottom Distance (Demo)

mikedoesvoiceovers 2022-02-17 | Sub to The JoeBroShow, my new variety channel coming soon-ish! youtube.com/channel/UCakgtK7nUWUUZazJFdlW9Lg

too lazy to properly finish this one but i still thought it was funny screw you this is my channel i do what i want

a dramatic reading of that viral restaurant review

mikedoesvoiceovers 2021-12-26 | As soon as I saw this post, I knew I had to go back to my YouTube roots and read it out for the world. Images taken from the original post at: http://everywhereist.com/2021/12/bros-restaurant-lecce-w…

Happy New Year, everyone. More language stuff coming eventually. Or not idk I'm a busy guy

What do Broad and Slender ACTUALLY MEAN in Irish? | Speaking of Language #4

mikedoesvoiceovers 2021-05-08 | Irish language learners are taught very early on about "broad" and "slender" letters... but what do those terms ACTUALLY mean? Is there a clearer explanation that can be found to describe the difference? Find out inside!

grubhub ad but its in old english too

mikedoesvoiceovers 2021-01-13 | if old english memes have gotten me this far, why stop now?
Script and translation below!

Feormehāmes frema gifeþ þē oēpas on feorme hwilc þū lufast.
Oēpas hwilc dōþ þū sealtast.
Gebyge feorme hwilc þū lufast wiþ frema fram
Feormehām!
Feorme hwat þū lufast.

Benefits of the home of food gives you bargains on food which you love.
Bargains which make you dance.
Get food which you love with benefits from
Home of food!
Food what you love. [Editor's note: this pun does not work in Old English, though to be fair it doesn't really work in Modern English either so]

Why Past Tense is Weird in Italian: Formalism vs. Functionalism | Speaking of Language #3

mikedoesvoiceovers 2020-12-29 | Unlike English, Italian switches between using "have" and "be" to express the past tense. What determines which verb to use, and why does the past participle act like an adjective sometimes? Find out inside!
Apologies for the video and audio quality, this was a bit of a rush job - see you in 2021!

SOURCES:
Bentley, Delia, and Thórhallur Eythórsson. “Auxiliary Selection and the Semantics of Unaccusativity.” Lingua, vol. 114, no. 4, 2004, pp. 447–471., doi:10.1016/s0024-3841(03)00068-8.

Burzio, Luigi. “Intransitive Verbs and Italian Auxiliaries.” MIT, 1981.

Sorace, Antonella. “Gradients in Auxiliary Selection with Intransitive Verbs.” Language, vol. 76, no. 4, 2000, pp. 859–890., doi:10.2307/417202.

Why Irish Lenition Makes No Sense | Speaking of Language #2

mikedoesvoiceovers 2020-03-27 | The long-awaited (by some) followup to my video on Irish consonant mutation. Why do Ts turn into H? Find out inside!

Part one: youtube.com/watch?v=nlAGrCoMsHs

the bee movie trailer but this time its in old norse (leif eriksson day special)

mikedoesvoiceovers 2019-10-09 | I'm back, baby. Hinga dinga dürgen! (Read more for a linguistic note)
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Linguistic note for those who know anything about Old Norse: This project was literally the first time I've touched the language in two years, so the translation (and pronunciation!) are VERY rough. I was basically fumbling through my college textbook and some questionable online resources and figuring it out as I went, so apologies if there are any weak nouns conjugated like strong nouns or anything of the like!

a message to my subscribers in old english

mikedoesvoiceovers 2019-03-23 | Don't have a video this week, so I thought I should make my apology interesting. (I cheated and used one Middle English word in here too - bonus points for anyone who can find it.)

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If Shakespeare ACTUALLY Wrote in Old English...

mikedoesvoiceovers 2019-03-09 | It's a common misconception that Shakespeare wrote in "Old English". He actually wrote in Early Modern English - the language properly known as Old English was spoken in the seventh century! Greg Bontrager (youtube.com/user/TranslatorCarminum) and I decided to see what a truly Old English Shakespeare would sound like. Translation by Greg, voice by me!

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Whats Up With Irish Consonant Mutation? | Speaking of Language #1

mikedoesvoiceovers 2019-02-23 | This week, I unpack one of the most baffling phenomena in the Indo-European family. It's not as crazy as it looks!

For more on the IPA:
youtube.com/watch?v=luYZnqmjWaI

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Calvin and Hobbes #2: Symphony in Orange

mikedoesvoiceovers 2019-02-02 | Calvin's artistic musings continue. Subscribe for new nonsense every Saturday!

Calvin and Hobbes #1: Dont Knock My Smock

mikedoesvoiceovers 2019-01-26 | Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion, and subscribe for new nonsense every Saturday!

"DarxieLand" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Its The Sponge. You Love The Sponge. (RIP Stephen Hillenburg)

mikedoesvoiceovers 2018-11-28 | reading a clickhole article in tribute to the mind behind our childhoods.
source: lifestyle.clickhole.com/it-s-the-sponge-you-love-the-sponge-1825121537

James Joyce – Ulysses – Chapter 13, Nausicaa, Part 1

mikedoesvoiceovers 2018-06-17 | Happy (late) Bloomsday! To celebrate, I thought I'd do a reading from one of my favorite chapters. Hope you enjoy!

band geeks but im doing all the voices from memory

mikedoesvoiceovers 2018-02-19 | i've said for years that i could do this if i wanted to, so i actually tried.

send help

be blessed its pat

mikedoesvoiceovers 2018-02-06 | be blessed

music by kevin macleod at http://incompetech.com

Darude – Grumpstorm

mikedoesvoiceovers 2017-09-12 | i had to edit this in the most recent version of imovie so i apologize

what redbone would sound like if it was in old english

mikedoesvoiceovers 2017-08-06 | a dead language for a dead meme, part 2; or, what redbone would sound like if it was written 800 years ago and sung by a tone-deaf white dude

A note to anyone who knows anything about Old English: about three-quarters of the way into translation, I realized I had been completely ignoring the grammatical gender of the nouns and adjectives, but I was in too deep and just wanted something that worked with the meter. Oops.

"Rēodes Bān"

Lēoht
Āwace fēlende ne gamenest
Ic wiste ac nū hit ne þyncaþ reðe
Hit mē lænede mīn æfwyrþe

Swā lang
Þū mē ābæddedest bīdan swā lang
Þū dest gearfoðe gesingalian
Ic wille þēos mīn bēo

Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Gif hit þorfest
Dōn hit magon, ahhhhh
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban

Āwacne
Ācrēopedon
Þē infindan
In þin slæpinge
Oooh, āwacne
Ācrēopedon
Nū ne þū clȳse ēagan

Tō læt
Þū willest gīeman hit ac nū is tō læt
Mīn cycle ofettes mid bēor rēod
Ic coste ne dwīnan mīn tīde

Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban
Gif hit þorfest
(Þū sceoldest belīefan āwiht)
Dōn hit magon, ahhhhh
Gif hit willest
Hit meaht habban

"Bone of Red"

Daylight
I awaken feeling you do not jest
I knew, but now it does not seem right
It gave me my disgrace

So long
You made me wait so long
You make it hard to continue
I wish this were mine

If you want it
You can have it
If you need it
[We] can make it
If you want it
You can have it

Awaken!
[They] are creeping
[They] are finding you
In your sleeping
Awaken!
[They] are creeping
Now don’t you close eyes

Too late
You want to fix it, but now [it] is too late
My small cake of legume with red beer
I am trying not to waste my time

If you want it
You can have it
If you need it
(You should believe something)
[We] can make it
If you want it
You can have it

doug dimmadome but every time someone says d the treble gets boosted and bass gets lowered by 2db

mikedoesvoiceovers 2017-07-16 | had to flip it for copyright, hope this works

"you reposted in the wrong dimmadome" by brendan medovich, show him some love: youtube.com/watch?v=SBxpeuxUiOA

owl is my city

mikedoesvoiceovers 2017-07-05 | i'd like to make myself believe that planet england turns slowly

The Most Depressing Buzzfeed Article of All Time (Wait But Why)

mikedoesvoiceovers 2017-05-18 | I continue to seek the approval of my internet hero Tim Urban. A bit late, finals were crazy bro
All images from the original article: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/most-depressing-buzzfeed-article-of-all-time.html
Music by Kevin MacLeod at http://incompetech.com

the bee movie trailer but its in old english

mikedoesvoiceovers 2017-04-07 | a dead language for a dead meme

þ ē l i c a ð D R Ē A M C R Æ F T ?

JJJReact

Wait But Why: But What About Greenland?

mikedoesvoiceovers 2016-08-09 | My favorite WBW article, read by me. My ultimate goal as an Internet-er is to be at least 47% as cool as Tim Urban, so I figured I'd turn to his material as a jumping-off point.
All photos and videos taken from the WBW article: http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/09/but-what-about-greenland.html

Scéla Muicce Meicc Da Thó (The Tale of Mac Dathós Pig), Part 1: A Womans Secret

mikedoesvoiceovers 2016-07-29 | Part One of the epic Tale of Mac Dathó's Pig, read in the original Old Irish! The pronunciation is likely imperfect, and I took MANY liberties with the translation to make the story flow better in modern English. I've also been told the subtitles are difficult to read – apologies for that, it will be fixed in the next episode!