Off topic: Video: The History of English in 10 Minutes
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James McVay
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May 10, 2013

I was wasting some time with the forum post about how English sounds to non-English speakers (http://www.proz.com/forum/linguistics/248648-how_english_sounds_to_non_english_speakers.html) and clicked on a YouTube link somebody provided. That led to Wasting more time with this delightful video:... See more
I was wasting some time with the forum post about how English sounds to non-English speakers (http://www.proz.com/forum/linguistics/248648-how_english_sounds_to_non_english_speakers.html) and clicked on a YouTube link somebody provided. That led to Wasting more time with this delightful video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9Tfbeqyu2U
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writeaway
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French to English
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Thanks! May 10, 2013

The video is hilarious. I found it posted with the whole thing in one go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s

[Edited at 2013-05-10 16:30 GMT]


 
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Brilliant! May 11, 2013

Great fun

 


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Video: The History of English in 10 Minutes






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