☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up147cross-posted to: nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.workshackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up147external-linkHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.workshackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareChrome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-28 days agoNeat! I had trouble around 1500 lol. 1400 is definitely fked. 1200 looks like German.
minus-squarebrvslvrnst@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoI think that’s what helped me lol took a bit of German to where I had a vauge sense of what was going on
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoyeah, 1200 where it just becomes unreadable
minus-squareWereHacker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoMy 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
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoI got a little lost in 1400 and progressed to completely lost by 1100.
Neat! I had trouble around 1500 lol. 1400 is definitely fked. 1200 looks like German.
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
yeah, 1200 where it just becomes unreadable
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
I got a little lost in 1400 and progressed to completely lost by 1100.