A.Z. Foreman | Mercutio's "Queen Mab" Speech from Romeo & Juliet read in Early Modern Pronunciation @a.z.foreman74 | Uploaded 8 months ago | Updated 19 hours ago
This is a passage from Romeo and Juliet in the so-called "original pronunciation" i.e. a reconstruction of how London English (or rather a couple varieties thereof) was pronounced in the early 1600s, from your friendly neighborhood historical linguist and poetry nerd. For this one I gave Mercutio a somewhat more innovative accent than Romeo, with raising and monophthongization of the WAIT vowel.

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