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‘The English Language in Hampshire and in Yorkshire’ - an English Project lecture

How Hampshire English and Yorkshire English are related and separated is the great story for the English Project’s Heritage Open Day Lecture. The story goes back sixteen hundred years, and it involves strange words, accents and dialects. Enjoy this recording of this fascinating event which was live streamed during the 2020 Winchester Heritage Open Days festival. The English language goes back long, long before the English counties were established. In addition, the county boundaries are fluid with many changes over the centuries. So to talk about the English language in any county, we best stick with the boundaries of the Ceremonial Counties. There are forty-eight of these. Every one of them has its English language story to tell, but the story told by some counties is more interesting than the story told by others. Among the most interesting stories are those of Hampshire, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, and Kent. A thousand years ago, they were the heartlands of the four great dialects of Old English: West Saxon, Northumbrian, Mercian and Kentish. Neither Hampshire nor Yorkshire spoke the Old English that was the forerunner of Standard Modern English. That evolved from the Old English of Staffordshire, and Staffordshire English is a story for 2021. On the other hand, neither Hampshire nor Yorkshire spoke on Old English that went extinct. That is the story of the Old English of Kent, and Kentish English is a story for 2022. The Old Englishes of Hampshire and Yorkshire evolved into forms that today mark a North-South divide. We do hope you enjoy this lecture. For more information about the English Project and to listen to Professor Mulvey's podcast on the English Language visit our blog here https://bit.ly/369exCX