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Eddie Izzard's Old English and Cow Segment in Friesland

jasonkanerichardson · Comedy · 3 min · 2007 · YouTube title: Mongrel Nation - Brown cow
Why it's here

HN uses it as a joke reference in threads about the history of the English language.

What it covers

A comedy segment where Eddie Izzard travels to Friesland to try speaking Old English, claiming English originated in Holland and buying a cow to prove it.