A.Z. Foreman | "To Die Upon a Kiss" from Shakespeare's Othello (Act 5, Scene 2) read in Early Modern English @a.z.foreman74 | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 2 minutes ago
This time it's Othello's death speech from the final scene. For this one, I voiced Othello with innovative dialect features using a WAIT monophthong, a raised MATE vowel, and raised mid-vowels.
This is yet another passage by Shakespeare 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.
If you like this video and want to help me make more things like it, wherein I read texts in dead accents, consider making a pledge at my patreon.
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There you can get access to all kinds of subscriber-only stuff like my weekly readings of Shakespeare's sonnets and the King James Bible in various 17th century accents, and you'll get advance access to my public recordings as well. (This video in particular, for example, was released 9 days early to subscribers.)
Got questions? (Like "Why does this not sound like Crystal's OP!?") Check my FAQ
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This time it's Othello's death speech from the final scene. For this one, I voiced Othello with innovative dialect features using a WAIT monophthong, a raised MATE vowel, and raised mid-vowels.
This is yet another passage by Shakespeare 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.
If you like this video and want to help me make more things like it, wherein I read texts in dead accents, consider making a pledge at my patreon.
http://patreon.com/azforeman
There you can get access to all kinds of subscriber-only stuff like my weekly readings of Shakespeare's sonnets and the King James Bible in various 17th century accents, and you'll get advance access to my public recordings as well. (This video in particular, for example, was released 9 days early to subscribers.)
Got questions? (Like "Why does this not sound like Crystal's OP!?") Check my FAQ
patreon.com/posts/faq-64053058
