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If we assume the names were pronounced with Middle English, they would sound quite a bit different compared to Modern English. You can hear a few words here. h
by mchaver 4y ago
If we assume the names were pronounced with Middle English, they would sound quite a bit different compared to Modern English. You can hear a few words here.
https://forvo.com/languages-pronunciations/enm/ https://forvo.com/languages-pronunciations/enm/
I was looking for a Middle English text to speech tool to try out some of the names, but no luck finding one.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoWas thinking the same thing. In general, though, I think the sounds should be pretty accurate if you give the vowels their sounds before the Great Vowel Shift, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift.
- permo-w 4y agomaking a middle englosh text-to-speech tool seems like a fools errand for a number of reasons
- ilyt 4y agoI know that but still I'd imagine calling the dog Bultyngebrake or Cowntirfette ("caught-in-fire") would be pretty unwieldy