You can just see how proud Prof. David Crystal is of his son. Ben though, I would pay money to have a CD or something of him just reading sonnets and other Shakespear. (I'd particularly love Puck's ending lines from Midsummer Night's Dream, but that's just me)
That sonnet was WONDERFUL!!! Thank you so much for sharing this long lost pronunciation! I love to hear Shakespeare in the original sound in which he wrote!
Thank you for this video. It has enriched my day. I have been fascinated by the many accents of English and other countries since a long time although I am not a scholar or expert. I trained my ear and challenged myself to try and guess where English speakers were from around the world. Professor David Crystal said it perfectly for me ...... they are all like a garden and every flower is beautiful in its own way. I particularly love the many Irish and Scottish accents, Welsh, Liverpool, Yorkshire in its variations and Geordie. Also Australian and New Zealand accents I find very musical in their way. Perhaps I am not so keen on USA accents as it is the country of my birth although I have lived abroad most of my life. Because I have lived abroad for so long and speak many languages my accent whatever it was has markedly changed according to others. In the states I am considered as a foreigner. I would say the USA accents of some southern states I find charming and possibly parts of New England. Although in the USA people from the south were often looked down upon for their accent and many who leave the south do whatever is necessary to lose their drawl as soon as possible which I think a pity. It is a prejudice that I did experience among the English 1970's-80's of certain groups or classes should I say. Ben Crystal is a totally charming actor. His reciting the Sonnet had me nearly in tears as there is something really beautiful about the accent and the way he speaks the words. He makes Shakespeare come more alive for me than ever in my life. Sorry Larry O.
The professor is a loving and wise father,and his son has much respect to his father 👍 My name is luthfie ,I am indonesian ,I was graduated from Institute of Teachers College majoring in EnglishTeaching I am writer of marketing and human development books ,also as businessman but I am still falling in love with English♥️
This was a lot of fun! I'm in the New York, where we're rapidly losing all our regional accents (though I'm not sure the variations on Newyorkese is as charming as any of the accents of the UK!). Nevertheless, if I had grown up a few blocks east from where I did, I would have sounded much more "Bowery Boys", instead of my Manhattan accent, which I suppose is our version of the RP.
I love to see David talks. He is full of energy. thanks for the English made easy. you make English sounds easy! anyway, why Ben said David is more descriptive rather than prescriptive when it comes to language? can you please explain? thank you.
Nisa Nine A prescriptive linguist _prescribes_ how he or she thinks a language should be used, and a descriptive linguist only _describes_ how language is used by speakers and writers. School textbooks and language teachers are usually prescriptive. They would tell you "I didn't see nobody" is a double negative which is not correct, and you should say "I didn't see anybody" instead. But most linguists like David are descriptive, which means they wouldn't say someone that says "I didn't see nobody" is more or less correct than someone that says "I didn't see anybody". Instead they are more interested in what kind of people say it like that, why they say it like that, and so on. Dictionary editors are actually descriptive too. The definitions and usage notes are made by certain rules and based on how words are used by the population and certain publications, not what the editor thinks makes most sense. (otherwise "fantastic" would still mean "like in a fantasy") So in theory the people writing the dictionary don't determine its contents, but we all do as a society.
I admire Professor David Crystal a great deal! It's beautiful how much he respects each and every accent there is. He taught his son well! :)
You can just see how proud Prof. David Crystal is of his son. Ben though, I would pay money to have a CD or something of him just reading sonnets and other Shakespear. (I'd particularly love Puck's ending lines from Midsummer Night's Dream, but that's just me)
That sonnet was WONDERFUL!!! Thank you so much for sharing this long lost pronunciation! I love to hear Shakespeare in the original sound in which he wrote!
Thank you for this video. It has enriched my day. I have been fascinated by the many accents of English and other countries since a long time although I am not a scholar or expert. I trained my ear and challenged myself to try and guess where English speakers were from around the world.
Professor David Crystal said it perfectly for me ...... they are all like a garden and every flower is beautiful in its own way. I particularly love the many Irish and Scottish accents, Welsh, Liverpool, Yorkshire in its variations and Geordie. Also Australian and New Zealand accents I find very musical in their way.
Perhaps I am not so keen on USA accents as it is the country of my birth although I have lived abroad most of my life. Because I have lived abroad for so long and speak many languages my accent whatever it was has markedly changed according to others. In the states I am considered as a foreigner.
I would say the USA accents of some southern states I find charming and possibly parts of New England. Although in the USA people from the south were often looked down upon for their accent and many who leave the south do whatever is necessary to lose their drawl as soon as possible which I think a pity. It is a prejudice that I did experience among the English 1970's-80's of certain groups or classes should I say.
Ben Crystal is a totally charming actor. His reciting the Sonnet had me nearly in tears as there is something really beautiful about the accent and the way he speaks the words. He makes Shakespeare come more alive for me than ever in my life. Sorry Larry O.
The professor is a loving and wise father,and his son has much respect to his father 👍 My name is luthfie ,I am indonesian ,I was graduated from Institute of Teachers College majoring in EnglishTeaching I am writer of marketing and human development books ,also as businessman but I am still falling in love with English♥️
This was a lot of fun! I'm in the New York, where we're rapidly losing all our regional accents (though I'm not sure the variations on Newyorkese is as charming as any of the accents of the UK!). Nevertheless, if I had grown up a few blocks east from where I did, I would have sounded much more "Bowery Boys", instead of my Manhattan accent, which I suppose is our version of the RP.
As a Canadian I find this fascinating. If I drive 3000km to another city in Canada there is no difference in accent. Whereas in The UK ….😮
Ah! Love this.
I love to see David talks. He is full of energy. thanks for the English made easy. you make English sounds easy! anyway, why Ben said David is more descriptive rather than prescriptive when it comes to language? can you please explain? thank you.
Nisa Nine A prescriptive linguist _prescribes_ how he or she thinks a language should be used, and a descriptive linguist only _describes_ how language is used by speakers and writers.
School textbooks and language teachers are usually prescriptive. They would tell you "I didn't see nobody" is a double negative which is not correct, and you should say "I didn't see anybody" instead. But most linguists like David are descriptive, which means they wouldn't say someone that says "I didn't see nobody" is more or less correct than someone that says "I didn't see anybody". Instead they are more interested in what kind of people say it like that, why they say it like that, and so on.
Dictionary editors are actually descriptive too. The definitions and usage notes are made by certain rules and based on how words are used by the population and certain publications, not what the editor thinks makes most sense. (otherwise "fantastic" would still mean "like in a fantasy") So in theory the people writing the dictionary don't determine its contents, but we all do as a society.
7:15 lol a good way to heat up a linguist is to mention things like the "correct" ways of using language.
David must be the sweetest person in the world *u*
Hullo! Pygmalion???? George Bernard Shaw?
OMG! YESSSSSSS!!! THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I THOUGH OF! MR HIGGINS! :D :D :D :D