Why AFL commentary works the same way as Iron Age epic poetry

Erin Sebo; Patrick Allington

Why AFL commentary works the same way as Iron Age epic poetry

Erin Sebo
, Patrick Allington

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Abstract

The clip above is English, more or less, as it was for the first half millennium of its existence. Although it sounds alien, the basic vocabulary is familiar. Except for the odd rune, like “þ” (which equals “th”), to read or say “Hwæt hæfst þu weorkes?” (literally, “what have you of work?”) isn’t too far from “What do you do for a job?”
Even footballers can do it; here’s ex-Saint Travis Fimmel (okay, sure, he never debuted) speaking Old English on the television series Vikings...

Original language	English
Media of output	Website
Publisher	The Conversation
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Poetry
Beowulf
Linguistics

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