रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Mar 7

What a ride down #English language #History 🤩:

“How Far Back In Time Can You Understand English?”, Colin Gorrie (https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english

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How far back in time can you understand English?

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“Reading English From 1000 AD”, Lewis Campbell (https://lewiscampbell.tech/blog/260224.html).

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Reading English from 1000 AD

The past was not as foreign as we think.

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