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Helge Kokeritz (1902–1964)

Author of A Guide to Chaucer's Pronunciation

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The First Folio of Shakespeare (1623) — Editor, some editions — 518 copies, 11 reviews

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Birthdate
1902
Date of death
1964
Gender
male
Occupations
phonetician
Organizations
Yale University
Nationality
Sweden
Associated Place (for map)
Sweden

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Essential for the study of Sheakespearean (W Midlands) and Elizabethan pronunciation--although, if you follow Kokeritz exactly, Shakespeare sounds almost like the Swedish Chef on the Muppets.
Say, "Whan in disgraas with forrtoon and mens eez, Ee all ahlohn bayweep me utecast staheet..."

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