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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on August 12, 2020, 06:11:21 PM

Title: "Augmented Vocality: Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse"
Post by: Duncan Head on August 12, 2020, 06:11:21 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/aug/12/norse-code-project-aims-to-decipher-sound-of-old-languages

Title: Re: "Augmented Vocality: Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse"
Post by: Jim Webster on August 12, 2020, 06:39:02 PM
Quote from: Duncan Head on August 12, 2020, 06:11:21 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/aug/12/norse-code-project-aims-to-decipher-sound-of-old-languages

It is interesting but I'm intrigued at how they'll manage to do it.
Title: Re: "Augmented Vocality: Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse"
Post by: Imperial Dave on August 12, 2020, 07:12:41 PM
me too....trying not to sound too sceptical....
Title: Re: "Augmented Vocality: Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse"
Post by: Erpingham on August 13, 2020, 08:59:53 AM
I think you are approaching it from too historical a view.  This is a cultural project.  A lot of the straight historical archaeological stuff is already known, as the article says, but no-one has turned it into popularly accessible performance.  It might be interesting to compare "straight" reconstructions with whatever "artistic" interpretations it generates.
Title: Re: "Augmented Vocality: Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse"
Post by: Jim Webster on August 14, 2020, 04:54:24 PM
Quote from: Erpingham on August 13, 2020, 08:59:53 AM
I think you are approaching it from too historical a view.  This is a cultural project.  A lot of the straight historical archaeological stuff is already known, as the article says, but no-one has turned it into popularly accessible performance.  It might be interesting to compare "straight" reconstructions with whatever "artistic" interpretations it generates.

I'm offended, it's cultural appropriation, I demand they stop making a mockery of my culture



oh yes,  ;D
Title: Re: "Augmented Vocality: Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse"
Post by: Erpingham on August 14, 2020, 08:00:34 PM
I thought you were Cumbrian, which is a form of North British? 

Title: Re: "Augmented Vocality: Recomposing the Sounds of Early Irish and Old Norse"
Post by: Jim Webster on August 14, 2020, 09:49:17 PM
Quote from: Erpingham on August 14, 2020, 08:00:34 PM
I thought you were Cumbrian, which is a form of North British?

Not really, most of our dialect words are probably Norse. There isn't much of the Cymri left in Cumbria