☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆Feb 22

How far back in time can you understand English?

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How far back in time can you understand English? - Lemmy

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Show threadChromebby
Neat! I had trouble around 1500 lol. 1400 is definitely fked.
Feb 22 at 12:15pmWeb
Show threadbrvslvrnstFeb 22
I think that’s what helped me lol took a bit of German to where I had a vauge sense of what was going on
Show threadWereHackerFeb 22
My native language is difficult to read from around 1800 and back and the spoken language is difficult to understand in the cities before 1900 and in the countryside before 1950
Show thread☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆Feb 22
yeah, 1200 where it just becomes unreadable