QuilotoaFeb 23

How far back in time can you understand English? This site goes back by centuries allowing you to test yourself.

https://lemmy.ca/post/60857723

How far back in time can you understand English? This site goes back by centuries allowing you to test yourself. - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

Show threadOriginEnergySuxFeb 24

gets to 1500s “I get the gist, I reckon I could do this”

gets to 1400s

Show threadTaleyaFeb 24
It’s easy if you know the rules - the fs that are s’s, the fact v and u were pretty much interchangeable and that prior to 1700 spelling was largely vibe driven
Show threadOriginEnergySux
Yeah but i mean actually talking to someone lol. The reading I get but talking it in a convo? I reckon 1500s i just might barely be passable
Feb 24 at 5:04amWeb
Show threadTaleyaFeb 24

I parse the first line of the 1400’s “But the man would me not abandon there, nor suffer me to pass forth. I might not flee, for his companions, of whom there were a great number, beset me about and held me fast that I should not escape.”

So…if you’ve read a pompous fantasy hack in your teens (and honestly who hasn’t) you’ll get by.

also the word douȝti suggests there’s a chunk of scots in there.