Bruce Sterling @brucesFeb 22

*For what it is, it's pretty good. It probably needs a sequel that goes a thousand years into the future.

https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english

How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

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@bruces interesting! I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to read a paper by J. C. Maxwell from the 1800s, and it saddens me (and severely triggers my anxiety) to see English go to absolute shit on the internet and the apathy surrounding it
Feb 22 at 10:36amWeb