Frisian is the closest living language to English (after Scots), and it is frequently possible for speakers of Frisian and English to communicate across language barriers. In a famous clip from Mongrel Nation, Eddie Izzard went to Fryslân and tried to speak Old English, the language of the Anglo-Saxons, with a Frisian farmer. Having studied both Old English as well as being a speaker of Frisian, I looked at this video from both perspectives, seeing where, and why, they were able to communicate and what caused issues with the mutual intelligibility. Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZY7iF4Wc9I Early Medieval Frisia and Frisians Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1801761310216482/ Frisians on the Faroe Islands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leUbHnnFoDk The Viking Age in Frisia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3SvbmAIx0M Tell Apart Dutch, Afrikaans and Frisian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyFyO7ecEI Frisian Flag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EpVX-Wa6xs Translate something into Old English, Old Norse, or Gothic? https://www.fiverr.com/jamesaccombe/translate-english-to-historical-languages-and-vice-versa?fbclid=IwAR3Dw66sNPw-NEzGM0hKYHLKkgwC-Rh2WvDd5UkU7TAqh_-g2D18u7F1AHg Music Used: Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod Raid the Merch Market: null Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert Join in the Banter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistorywHilbert Enter the Fray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywHilbert/ Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop): https://www.instagram.com/historywithhilbert/ Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! historywithhilbert@gmail.com #Frysk #history #language