Interesting presentation. I knew much of the information already, but the Chinese and Japanese celebrations are news to me. While I initially found the changing narrator voices annoying, I can see how it emphasizes each segment. My only real criticism is that a few of the segment intro lines are repeated which felt redundant.
I understand that it's pronounced Soween. But a lot of people just look at the way that Samhain is spelled and pronounce it according to what they were taught in English class. Modern English is NOTHING at all like ancient Celt.
You are correct we are all always learning. That is the way I have always heard it pronounced and and you are the first to correct it. I will update the video with correct pronunciation.
They pronounced it like 5 different ways throughout the video and made sure to say Samhain/sammein/sumhoin as many times as possible. Also couldn't finish the video because of this.
The history of Halloween is amazing. Is there anything surprising about Halloween you found interesting?
Interesting presentation. I knew much of the information already, but the Chinese and Japanese celebrations are news to me. While I initially found the changing narrator voices annoying, I can see how it emphasizes each segment. My only real criticism is that a few of the segment intro lines are repeated which felt redundant.
Seriously it's 2024 and you can't pronounce Samhain correctly? It's awfully hard to take the video seriously when you kick it off with that.
1:03 in and I'm turning it off for this reason. pathetic.
I understand that it's pronounced Soween. But a lot of people just look at the way that Samhain is spelled and pronounce it according to what they were taught in English class. Modern English is NOTHING at all like ancient Celt.
You are correct we are all always learning. That is the way I have always heard it pronounced and and you are the first to correct it. I will update the video with correct pronunciation.
They pronounced it like 5 different ways throughout the video and made sure to say Samhain/sammein/sumhoin as many times as possible. Also couldn't finish the video because of this.
It’s likely an AI reading. Computers often have difficulties pronouncing words. Is it really worth getting upset over?