[HN Gopher] Two women recall coming of age in Victorian London (... ___________________________________________________________________ Two women recall coming of age in Victorian London (1970) [video] Author : samclemens Score : 41 points Date : 2022-09-24 23:23 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (aeon.co) (TXT) w3m dump (aeon.co) | davesque wrote: | I'm always completely fascinated by the change in language style | between now and then. They're speaking the same English; it's not | like a different dialect or anything. But the manner in which | words are strung together is completely different and rather | poetic sounding to my ears. | | These women were, of course, citizens of the 20th century. But I | assume they formed many of their speaking habits early in their | lives during the 19th century. | toomuchtodo wrote: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv6V1yHvJyo | LanceJones wrote: | "Mud brushing" their skirts for hours. Ah, the things we are | convinced to do from a social expectation standpoint. In terms of | what she saw on the streets of London -- mud and fog -- my | understanding is that London rarely sees fog, and that "fog" in | the 1890s was actually smog. | walrus01 wrote: | a large part of the "Mud" was almost certainly horse waste, one | of the same reasons why traditional new york brownstone | townhouses have their entrance up a set of stairs. | mistermann wrote: | Tangential, but this is a great channel by an old school amateur | film maker who posts lots of great old videos that you can't find | elsewhere, two of my favorites: | | Vietnam vet: | | https://youtu.be/tixOyiR8B-8 | | Mountain clog dancers: | | https://youtu.be/cs2j8f7H2WY | IndigoIncognito wrote: | The BBC Archives are great, including British Pathe ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-09-26 23:00 UTC)