Love it, "The Bible" is very enjoyable too.
And I'm generally disinterested in television.
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Originally Posted by Majestic12
One thing that always gets to me is how, no matter what period or where they are, they will always use people with English accents to portray the characters.
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(please, excuse the nerdy response)
Logically though. Olde English, German, Scandinavia dialects are entirely unrecognizable to contemporary layperson audiences, whether written or spoken. Accuracy therefore not possible, British English is as suitable a substitution as any of the viable alternatives. The first minute of "The History of English" illustrates the reasoning nicely...
An Olde English reading, useful if you're unfamiliar with the degree of difference.