There is a 5 minute radio report on "OP" (original pronunciation) of Shakespeare's time http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4761275
-----Original Message----- From: Herbert Ward <[email protected]> To: lute <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Dec 30, 2012 12:28 pm Subject: [LUTE] English in the time of Dowland. Suppose one were interested in learning to speak English with an accent approximating that that Dowland might have had, with the idea that this might help him understand Dowland's music better. How would one proceed? Would any modern British accents be close? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
