Brilliant. Izzards timing is second to none. It's almost musical, the way he builds this scetch... He knows EXACTLY what he's doing and it looks like he drew it out of thin air. Comedy legend.
funny bits, mythical bits like "noooo, you haven't got the nottingham twang." and "don't go darling, it's dangerous, rat-a-tat boom, and all those noises."
My dad used to call the '''East-End" accent adopted by posh forties film stars "John Mills Cockney," because he was the guy who always seemed to get those type of 'lovable working-class chap' parts in all those films. "Caw bly-mee guvvener, thet's a right problim ann noe miss-tayke! Me poor oweld mahm would be turn-inn in her grayve, soe shee woood!"
Remember John Cleese's Robin Hood in the Time Bandits. A portrayal which should be the standard upon which all others are judged. And, how long have you been a robber? 4 foot 6 4 foot 6? Jolly good.
True story. My crazy cousin once invited a “lady of the night” (actually during the day) to my house, presumably with the idea we’d have some fun. When she arrived I had no idea what to say, so I offered her a cup of tea. She was very happy until my cousin couldn’t pay her, so she left. She didn’t even finish her tea.
@@avosmash2121 Not sure, but I know there's a bit in the IT Crowd when Moss tells everyone from the top floor a story (but not the one Roy was referring to) about when him and Roy pick up two prostitutes in Amsterdam. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) for them, they don't have what it takes to do the deed, so end up taking the two ladies to the fair instead.
It's funny that more recently Robin Hood was played by a New Zealander (Russell Crowe) and most recently by a Welsh actor (Taron Egerton) who probably both did a good English accent.
Russell Crowe’s accent was terrible. Swinging from cockney to Irish. Taron Egerton is from Birkenhead (which has more of a Scouse English accent) but lived on Anglesey and Aberystwyth when younger, (more strongly Welsh accents) however has lived in London since he was 15, so his English accent wasn’t much of a strain for him.
Whilst being Welsh the majority of us in Wales are English by first language. That's imperialism for you. Egerton grew up in Aberystwyth which like many of my friends, some sound English, yet speak fluent Welsh. Not all but with quite a few people I know from Aber, I had to listen hard to find the Welsh twang so present in mine. Some are really thick. It's bizarre. Probably just accent-less..or the area. Technically, he is playing a natural accent, not like an American playing an Englishman.
@@Alex-ry6cd Would the English/Welsh accents in Aber be due to its proximity to the Landsker line? A chunk of Pembrokeshire has historically been called "little England beyond Wales" because of English settlers bringing their accents, road names etc. (Though there's also been pressure in the 20th century for people with "regional" accents to speak with Received Pronunciation so they won't be discriminated against in the workplace/made a joke of in Gavin & Stacey or Goldie Lookin Chain. I've got a very clunky Englishish accent myself. Ych, why is this stuff always complicated?)
The other one I've heard of,I think is Rob o the Woods. A robber in the woods. I've also read that the reason he became a robber was because he/ they were declared outlaws and so had no choice as they could be killed on sight
He acts like a right muppet on stage too, doing what he reckons that he "does best". So you could hardly expect anything better that a mediocre performance in other situations
@Internet Viewer Yeah, feckin ‘celebs’ coming over here, having their own opinions about politics. How dare they think differently to me? 🙄 The ignorant muppets who comment on TH-cam videos should stick to their own careers instead of trying to discuss politics.
I remember an old film, I think an Attenborough was in it. Set in the Black Country...and the locals sounded like East Enders. Just shows that the film industry,like the BBC, never left London.
Let's see now. Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood was a silent film, so no American accent. Errol Flynn was Tasmanian and therefore his accent nearer to English than American. Richard Todd in the Disney live action Robin Hood was English. Ditto Richard Green in the 1950s TV series. Sean Connery in "Robin and Marian" was, of course, Scots. So the only Robin Hoods with American accents I can think of were the Disney cartoon (with Robin Hood as a fox) and the awful Kevin Costner movie - the one which Carey Elwes mocked with his line "Unlike other Robin Hoods, I can do an English accent." The fact is, there have been few Robin Hoods with American accents. FURTHER POINT - I hope nobody is under the delusion that, in the Middle Ages, people spoke in the way English people now speak.
I like him cos he doesn’t really tell jokes, just goes off on flights of fancy. No idea how much is scripted and how much improvised but it always comes over as a mad stream of consciousness. Question: why does anyone think Michael MacIntyre is funny?
The only American-accented Robin I can think of is Costner's and I never bothered seeing his film. Connery was Scottish and Errol Flynn (the definitive screen Robin) was Australian doing a quite passable English accent.
It's comedy and funny. It's not meant to be a factual history lecture! And I'm sure Robin, whether he existed or not, never met anyone on a pogo stick!
I actually really really love The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. Flynn sounded British (RP I think). Second favorite is the television series Robin of Sherwood (Michael Praed then Jason Connery as the lead). In terms of accent, Cary Elwes nails it and manages to poke fun at Cosner at the same time.
@@JacquelineMoleski How could I forget Carey Elwes? Although I much prefer his OTHER British-accented sword wielding mysterious outlaw turn in "The Princess Bride"
donna reed he's much less funny when he isn't in drag. The funniest part about his routines is the funny faces he makes when he's in drag. He doesn't pull off those funny faces when he's in man mode.
Just hit me. The Queen of England super posh accent that all the Royals use. . . it's someone with an English accent trying to fake a German one. (I mean, it makes sense history wise)
No, I thing it's actually that he has a deformed body. I checked online and apparently he claims to be 5ft 7in (170cm)... However it's not clear if that includes the stilettos or not, and short people tend to lie about their height anyway.
Robin Hood isn't a myth... there is actual photographic evidence which shows him with his band of merry men. There's also a marriage certificate kept in Canterbury Cathedral which details his marriage to Maid Marian. And there's also birth cerificates showing the birth of his children a few years after the marriage.
Well that's not true. I just watched Robin Hood Men in Tights and he definitely had some sort of british accent, though strangely not everyone around did, like Dave Chapelle certainly didn't.
"Unlike some Robin Hoods, I can do an English accent." - Cary Elwes. And, to be fair, he wasn't bad. But even now, the most fun Robin ever was Errol Flynn - and he was Australian.
@@westaussie965 Well yes, there are many accents that originate in Britain - but they all count as "A British Accent." Cockney is "A British Accent," Brummie is "A British Accent," Glaswegian is "A British Accent." Cary Elwes said he was doing a British accent, without specifying which one.
Imagine a world in which no two people made jokes about the same thing! And this one takes a different tack anyway: it's not just about Robin Hood having an unconvincing accent, it's about original versions of stories being overwritten by Hollywood versions of the same stories, cultural colonialism if you will.
I've never liked him. Total try-hard twat with a pathetic stereotypical "persona" and horrendously boring performance which isn't moderately amusing. The only laughter from the audience is that of embarrassment! You say you used to like him, so when did you come to your senses?
Cary Grant was English as was Elizabeth Taylor and also Kim Cantrell. Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii and schmuck Mel Gibson was born and raised in Poughkeepsie NY.
I have no idea who Jim Gaffigan is, but that's a sort of "standard American accent" that is a normal joke thing here in the UK. It's just meant to sound loud and brash.
heh, the 'posh' English accent would be JUST as fake! (um, Great Vowel Shift anyone? Robin Hood would have sounded more like Scottish crossed with Frisian/Dutch!)
What, Americans speak the barely intelligible Middle-English of the 12th century? eg. "Compton California, icc was þær þær i crisstnedd was Kevin Costner bi name nemmnedd"? No way. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormulum
"12th century British accent" was French and German -- Chaucer's writing in the 14th century was the BEGINNING of "a British accent." Early English came mainly from Anglo-Saxon, a Germanic language.
Here's the punchline. Linguistic research shows that the accent during the period of Robin Hood *would* have sounded most like the Standard American accent.
@@helenl3193 The Standard American accent is an invention of the movie industry, the same way that Recieved Pronounciation (basically a standard British accent) was an invention of the BBC. It was an attempt to make an accent that was clearly American, could be understood by anyone, and displaced a story from any specific location.
Wouldn't it have been German? The Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes were Germanic tribes. The Celtic Natives may have spoken Cornish, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish Celtic languages among others. So either German or Celtic but not American.
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Brilliant.
Izzards timing is second to none.
It's almost musical, the way he builds this scetch... He knows EXACTLY what he's doing and it looks like he drew it out of thin air. Comedy legend.
His left field jokes are amazing, like meteors, crashing in.
I'm just here on my pogo stick 😂😭
"Because unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent." --Carey Elwes, Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
And he says it directly into camera XD I loved the joke!
I think mel brooks had an influence on the joke
@@LittleB2007 The RH: Men in Tights is a movie that elwes brings the house down with laughter.
Everything's so green!
Don’t write the jokes, for heaven’s sake. Just ruins it for everyone.
its dangerous, rat a tat boom and all those noises 😂
"The modertly impoverish." I so want to use that.
Loved the, 'Where is the Maid Mar-yion?'
God bless Eddie Izzard.
"I'm trying to be a myth, give us cash!"
funny bits, mythical bits like "noooo, you haven't got the nottingham twang." and "don't go darling, it's dangerous, rat-a-tat boom, and all those noises."
As a german its sometimes hard for me to discern the accents. But even understanding 80% makes it fucking funny.
I had never heard of him before today (I'm French) S/HE is fantastic!! 😅
My dad used to call the '''East-End" accent adopted by posh forties film stars "John Mills Cockney," because he was the guy who always seemed to get those type of 'lovable working-class chap' parts in all those films. "Caw bly-mee guvvener, thet's a right problim ann noe miss-tayke! Me poor oweld mahm would be turn-inn in her grayve, soe shee woood!"
A brilliant bit of phonetic Cockenese script there!! 😜👍
Damned good! The outfit is a real banger too.
That was very good...what a great talent he is! Been nuts about him since late 90s!! Thank you.
Remember John Cleese's Robin Hood in the Time Bandits. A portrayal which should be the standard upon which all others are judged.
And, how long have you been a robber?
4 foot 6
4 foot 6? Jolly good.
Forgot all about it, thanks! Here it is th-cam.com/video/irxf3MjDwSs/w-d-xo.html
Absolutely the best Robin Hood
I can’t leave a polite social situation now without muttering “What awful people” to myself because of this
"I am just here on my pogo stick" Eddie is the king of randomness
his seguing from stuff about hammer horror in Yorkshire to Daleks climbing the stairs in Dr who to James mason to cows was masterful.
True story. My crazy cousin once invited a “lady of the night” (actually during the day) to my house, presumably with the idea we’d have some fun. When she arrived I had no idea what to say, so I offered her a cup of tea. She was very happy until my cousin couldn’t pay her, so she left. She didn’t even finish her tea.
Didn't. Even. Finish. Her. Tea.
FUCK'N WOT?
That's out of order, innit? Dint finish 'er fuckin' tea?! The bint. Well shot of 'er, innit.
@@cyranojohnson8771 I know right?! They normally have such high standards too…
Well, at least you've got some manners.
...is this an IT Crowd joke
@@avosmash2121 Not sure, but I know there's a bit in the IT Crowd when Moss tells everyone from the top floor a story (but not the one Roy was referring to) about when him and Roy pick up two prostitutes in Amsterdam. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) for them, they don't have what it takes to do the deed, so end up taking the two ladies to the fair instead.
Love him so much-he’s so right on the accents xx
Completely enthralling!
I love that suit. So shiny!
He's a genius!
"His name was probably just.... Bin!"
😂👍 Nerdiest joke I've ever heard. Love it.
It's funny that more recently Robin Hood was played by a New Zealander (Russell Crowe) and most recently by a Welsh actor (Taron Egerton) who probably both did a good English accent.
Russell Crowe’s accent was terrible. Swinging from cockney to Irish.
Taron Egerton is from Birkenhead (which has more of a Scouse English accent) but lived on Anglesey and Aberystwyth when younger, (more strongly Welsh accents) however has lived in London since he was 15, so his English accent wasn’t much of a strain for him.
Whilst being Welsh the majority of us in Wales are English by first language. That's imperialism for you.
Egerton grew up in Aberystwyth which like many of my friends, some sound English, yet speak fluent Welsh. Not all but with quite a few people I know from Aber, I had to listen hard to find the Welsh twang so present in mine. Some are really thick. It's bizarre. Probably just accent-less..or the area.
Technically, he is playing a natural accent, not like an American playing an Englishman.
@@Alex-ry6cd Would the English/Welsh accents in Aber be due to its proximity to the Landsker line? A chunk of Pembrokeshire has historically been called "little England beyond Wales" because of English settlers bringing their accents, road names etc. (Though there's also been pressure in the 20th century for people with "regional" accents to speak with Received Pronunciation so they won't be discriminated against in the workplace/made a joke of in Gavin & Stacey or Goldie Lookin Chain. I've got a very clunky Englishish accent myself. Ych, why is this stuff always complicated?)
@@MCVessels you raise some good questions. Might have a read and see what I can find
I will forever now describe oneself as "comfortable"
""These are my etchings"
This guy is actually funny... What a difference to most of the mince on TV today..
Who? Not the guy in this video... do you mean Robin Hood is funny?
There are many references in very old legal journals in the many archives in England that refer to a "robber in hood" , I am told !
The other one I've heard of,I think is Rob o the Woods. A robber in the woods. I've also read that the reason he became a robber was because he/ they were declared outlaws and so had no choice as they could be killed on sight
@@markbriten6999 Robin Hood is known in French as Robin des Bois -- Robin of the Woods, so yeah.
Don’t go to the war
I must go. They…won’t start without me!
I was on the fence with regards to Brexit - until I heard this guy on BBC Question Time.
He acts like a right muppet on stage too, doing what he reckons that he "does best". So you could hardly expect anything better that a mediocre performance in other situations
@Internet Viewer Yeah, feckin ‘celebs’ coming over here, having their own opinions about politics. How dare they think differently to me? 🙄 The ignorant muppets who comment on TH-cam videos should stick to their own careers instead of trying to discuss politics.
I remember an old film, I think an Attenborough was in it. Set in the Black Country...and the locals sounded like East Enders.
Just shows that the film industry,like the BBC, never left London.
Ever wonder where people of color learned their form of English ... maybe on the boats that brought them in chains - the crew members, I suppose.
EDDIE IS GREAT !!
The best executive drag queen ever.
He is an amazing man :-)
I am always a little surprised by how attracted to Eddie Izzard I am
It wont be because your a lefty feminist lesbian would it....
doesn't have any content on you tube lol....What a shit house What a TIT be back soon ?
Montgummibear I know what you mean.
it's true 😉
he's very 80's rocker...
Bloody well genius
Nice video, thanks :)
If he ran 25 marathons in 25 days, even if he just ran a mile in each, what a trouper. If this is all adlib, he's better than Kamala!
There are several robin hoods mentioned in english assize records from the 1200s on being tried fr various summary offences
We have a lot of robbers in our hoods.
Any Robin, or two?
Let's see now. Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood was a silent film, so no American accent. Errol Flynn was Tasmanian and therefore his accent nearer to English than American. Richard Todd in the Disney live action Robin Hood was English. Ditto Richard Green in the 1950s TV series. Sean Connery in "Robin and Marian" was, of course, Scots. So the only Robin Hoods with American accents I can think of were the Disney cartoon (with Robin Hood as a fox) and the awful Kevin Costner movie - the one which Carey Elwes mocked with his line "Unlike other Robin Hoods, I can do an English accent." The fact is, there have been few Robin Hoods with American accents. FURTHER POINT - I hope nobody is under the delusion that, in the Middle Ages, people spoke in the way English people now speak.
Nicholas Reid youre even more fun at parties than I am, arent you...
@@sugarnads Yeah but he's right.
I'll bet you're a big hit at parties.
You bought facts to an Eddie Izzard fight. That was poor planning.
@@sugarnads Erm, that joke has already been used.
I am happy enough to be related to David of Huntingdon, who is considered one of the strong inspirations for the legend.
Why? It was 800 years ago, half the country is probably related to him in some way.
Almost everyone alive now is descended from almost everyone from 12th/13th century, you utter fuckwit.
His head is OUT of proportion with his body!
Eddie Izzard. Proof that just because you look funny, doesn't make you funny.
Well Errol Flynn was from Tasmania. Which is an island state of Australia.
If you like RObin Hood you may like to join Robin Hood's Merry Men Facebook group
I don't think I've ever seen a Robin Hood with an American accent? I assume he's talking about the Kevin Costner version?
Indeed. It was pretty hilarious.
Not just the Costner version. Many, many others: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_and_television_series_featuring_Robin_Hood
There was also Errol Flynn. How old are you, eight?
@@yukseloden6939- Eight? Because he doesn't ( mistakenly ) think Errol Flynn was an AMERICAN? He was Tasmanian !
@@NotChefCook But the accent...
I have to believe Robinhood, exists
My name is Hood. Robin Hood.
I want that suit
Because unlike some other robin hoods I can speak with an english accent. RHMIT
Are you Zorro?
...and I believe him.
I like him cos he doesn’t really tell jokes, just goes off on flights of fancy. No idea how much is scripted and how much improvised but it always comes over as a mad stream of consciousness. Question: why does anyone think Michael MacIntyre is funny?
Robin Hood copied by Zorro, copied by Batman
Robin Hood is Batman
Hence green arrow.
You left out Superman.
@@PIPIPISTA I don't know who was the ultimate idea for superman. Unless he was always a Jesus metaphor from the start.
"Let us kiss with tongues" is my pickup line. I'm so lonely.
Be brave my friend. It is much better to take the initiative and find the women with low standards.
The only American-accented Robin I can think of is Costner's and I never bothered seeing his film. Connery was Scottish and Errol Flynn (the definitive screen Robin) was Australian doing a quite passable English accent.
It's comedy and funny. It's not meant to be a factual history lecture! And I'm sure Robin, whether he existed or not, never met anyone on a pogo stick!
I actually really really love The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn. Flynn sounded British (RP I think). Second favorite is the television series Robin of Sherwood (Michael Praed then Jason Connery as the lead). In terms of accent, Cary Elwes nails it and manages to poke fun at Cosner at the same time.
@@JacquelineMoleski How could I forget Carey Elwes? Although I much prefer his OTHER British-accented sword wielding mysterious outlaw turn in "The Princess Bride"
Oh yes, The Princess Bride is perfect. And Cary Elwes Indiana Jones/pirate/Robin Hood inspired character on Psych is just perfectly awesome!
@@JacquelineMoleski Never saw that episode of "Psych". I'll have to track it down.
Don’t forget Mel Gibson, that fine American Australian Scots man that saved Scotland from the English.
antisemite fool he is
2:27 LOL reminded me of Peter Cook
1:19 "Marian... Coke? Water? ... Some disgusting sugary drink made with fruits of the forest? ...Apricots soaked in honey?"
Brilliant guy
Yes....
2016 upload? I thought at 480p it would around the 12th century.
You should definitely demand your money back
@@jamespfitz I took your advice an thankfully was refunded. Cheers for that, mate!
What's wrong with TH-cam's audio? It's too low
can't believe poobah's that go to the trouble to say they DON'T like Eddie's comedy, don't watch!! This old lady in Texas gets a giggle every time!!
But they would need to watch it in order to determine whether or not they liked it :/
donna reed he's much less funny when he isn't in drag. The funniest part about his routines is the funny faces he makes when he's in drag. He doesn't pull off those funny faces when he's in man mode.
donna reed for the record he looks a lot like Hermon Monster from the Monsters
Robin Hood with an English accent eh? - th-cam.com/video/rrFmuiF2ENY/w-d-xo.html
pea mix or a bean mix
Just hit me. The Queen of England super posh accent that all the Royals use. . . it's someone with an English accent trying to fake a German one. (I mean, it makes sense history wise)
Dear Eddie was born in Yemen.
Hes got a giant head
No, I thing it's actually that he has a deformed body. I checked online and apparently he claims to be 5ft 7in (170cm)... However it's not clear if that includes the stilettos or not, and short people tend to lie about their height anyway.
Robin Hood isn't a myth... there is actual photographic evidence which shows him with his band of merry men. There's also a marriage certificate kept in Canterbury Cathedral which details his marriage to Maid Marian. And there's also birth cerificates showing the birth of his children a few years after the marriage.
Actual photographic evidence? I wonder what those medieval cameras looked like? 🤔
@@TheWinterwraith pretty snappy actually.
@@TheWinterwraith They were really accurate! Strange but true: everybody in the 14th century was a woodcut.
Iphone hd quality.
Well that's not true. I just watched Robin Hood Men in Tights and he definitely had some sort of british accent, though strangely not everyone around did, like Dave Chapelle certainly didn't.
"Unlike some Robin Hoods, I can do an English accent." - Cary Elwes. And, to be fair, he wasn't bad.
But even now, the most fun Robin ever was Errol Flynn - and he was Australian.
Wow fun fact tell me more
No such thing as a British accent 😉
@@westaussie965 Well yes, there are many accents that originate in Britain - but they all count as "A British Accent." Cockney is "A British Accent," Brummie is "A British Accent," Glaswegian is "A British Accent." Cary Elwes said he was doing a British accent, without specifying which one.
@@lomax343 So Canadian is an American accent?
I'd have thought King Arthur would be England's most famous myth.
Why, @Stephen Facca, they're both equally fictitious and mythical as one another, aren't they?
Where is the Maid Muh-Ryan?
This idea belongs to Mel Brooks, honey.
Imagine a world in which no two people made jokes about the same thing! And this one takes a different tack anyway: it's not just about Robin Hood having an unconvincing accent, it's about original versions of stories being overwritten by Hollywood versions of the same stories, cultural colonialism if you will.
Eddie Izzard isn't a real person he is actually a normal sized mannequins head supported by two dwarves on a pogo stick.
I guess they allow him on stage since we are obliged to do something to keep the Speshul People occupied.
is it just me or does he look like a taller Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones?
It is just you and the one like proves it :)
So glad you clarified that it was the Tyrion Lannister from game of thrones you were referring to, I was Hella confused for a minute there 👍🏾
Maid Myiran!!
I used to like watching Eddie Izzard, funny guy :)
I've never liked him. Total try-hard twat with a pathetic stereotypical "persona" and horrendously boring performance which isn't moderately amusing. The only laughter from the audience is that of embarrassment!
You say you used to like him, so when did you come to your senses?
@@johncoops6897How long ? So long that I could not remember even if I tried.
@@scrunts666 - ah, cool. So that means you have disliked him for as long as you can remember?
@@johncoops6897 How's brexit working out for you john
😀 cnut
Jesus h christ....
He's working this into the ground.
I've never thought he was funny. I saw him in London a few years back and there were a lot of stony faces, so it cant just be me.
@@danielmoran9902 i agree unfunny, and his leftist views make him a joke.
@@MrKeefrichards That's a good point. When I saw him, he really was playing up to the left leaner's, and there seemed to be a few.
@@danielmoran9902 And yet you are here.
@@MCVessels yeah, I thought I'd see if it would be amusing, and it's not.
I so want to be his girlfriend.
Eddie the freak 🤣
Didn't Errol Flynn have an English accent?
Australian but posh Australian so not far off
you're right he didn't.
Metro Australian. Close enough for Hollywood work.
@@blackletter2591 sean connery scots russian close eh?
Cary Grant was English as was Elizabeth Taylor and also Kim Cantrell. Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii and schmuck Mel Gibson was born and raised in Poughkeepsie NY.
I mean... Robin Hood is awesome, but... like.... King Arthur?
Sorry Eddie, it hasn't aged well
I bet you haven't either, funnyman.
0:22 Is he doing Jim Gaffigan in that first American impression?
I have no idea who Jim Gaffigan is, but that's a sort of "standard American accent" that is a normal joke thing here in the UK. It's just meant to sound loud and brash.
Ah, Eddie before he became a complete leftwing loon!
Put me off him , he used to be my favourite
The reason he doesnt have a notts twang is he was from YORKSHIRE
Let me ask a fair and honest question; does anyone even speak English with a Posh accent anymore?
I'm not British, but I would guess some of the more elderly folks do, especially if they come from old money.
Ears, one does ectually
Last one I heard was about 15 years ago.
On tv no, in some circles still yes darling.
Grease Moggy Mogg and Blojo Johnson.......
Les Grande Visage ...... you have a big face .
heh, the 'posh' English accent would be JUST as fake! (um, Great Vowel Shift anyone? Robin Hood would have sounded more like Scottish crossed with Frisian/Dutch!)
Absolutely. English think that every Brit mythic character speaks and acts like he is the nephew of the Windsors.
Well, the american accent is much closer to the 12th century english accent than the british accent
No, it isn't.
What, Americans speak the barely intelligible Middle-English of the 12th century? eg. "Compton California, icc was þær þær i crisstnedd was Kevin Costner bi name nemmnedd"? No way.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormulum
"12th century British accent" was French and German -- Chaucer's writing in the 14th century was the BEGINNING of "a British accent." Early English came mainly from Anglo-Saxon, a Germanic language.
msinvincible2000 '...the british accent.' WHICH British accent?
It's not Robin Hood, it's the Lord of the Rings, sir.
His American accent sounded like a American from the southwest trying to speak in a German accent.
To English ears, it just sounds "American"
what the fuck is that
Here's the punchline. Linguistic research shows that the accent during the period of Robin Hood *would* have sounded most like the Standard American accent.
What's the 'standard American' accent?
I thought they'd found it was most close to the Boston accent, but I could have remembered that wrong
@@helenl3193 The Standard American accent is an invention of the movie industry, the same way that Recieved Pronounciation (basically a standard British accent) was an invention of the BBC. It was an attempt to make an accent that was clearly American, could be understood by anyone, and displaced a story from any specific location.
One of my very religious friends believed and said "Jesus spoke English" - she did not know whether from England or Australia.
Just when you think Americans can't get any more arrogant, they then claim they spoke English first and the English copied them.
Wouldn't it have been German? The Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes were Germanic tribes. The Celtic Natives may have spoken Cornish, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish Celtic languages among others. So either German or Celtic but not American.
Pillock
Wh.... where are these Robin Hood movies in which Robin is American? 😐 Every one I've seen, Robin Hood is an Englishman
Prince of Thieves most famously
He can't be a proper Englishman if he doesn't say tea and cake or death at least once in the movie.
Nethack Rantsandstuff how old are you?
look again
kevin costner, errol flynn, Douglas Fairbanks,
Never liked this bloke. Would he be acknowledged if it wasn't for the obvious PR stunts?..............just asking
Absolutely. I first heard this on cassette, knew nothing at all about the comedian, laughed like a drain.
Robin Hood has been around much longer than the Victorian-era inspired accent. He would have sounded more like an American than a modern Englishman.
What? What nonsense
Quite true, Shakespeare spoke with a broad Texas accent. Chaucer was more Detroit.
He's talented....but unfortunately has not got a neck lol