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helsinkiandrewtoday at 12:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

There was a UK TV show years ago that I've always remembered where the presenter tried to buy a cow using Old English with a Frisian speaking farmer in Holland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeC1yAaWG34


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jschveibinztoday at 2:35 PM

You'd probably enjoy "The Story of English" series:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6D54D1C7DAE31B36&si=Kw3J...

or "The History of English" series:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV50II2XzmY-9GLZWAuieOp27...

In the second series, there is a weather report in Frisian that vaguely sounds like English.

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gilleaintoday at 1:37 PM

'The presenter' here being Eddie Izzard :)